Grassley Shares FBI Whistleblower Records Revealing Anti-Trump Agent

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

44% : The investigation into President Trump, which the FBI opened on April 13, 2022, was known inside the bureau as "Arctic Frost," according to documents shared with Fox News by Sen. Grassley and Sen. Ron Johnson (R-WI).
41% : The correspondence shows the whistleblower alleging the anti-Trump agent broke protocol and played a crucial role in opening and advancing the FBI's initial probe into the 2020 election by connecting Trump to the investigation without sufficient predication.
41% : "If so, which Justice Department and FBI officials -- other than Jack Smith -- later added him for prosecution?" The emails appear to show that Richard Pilger, a DOJ official in the department's Public Integrity Section, reviewed and approved Arctic Frost, which allowed the DOJ to move forward with a full-fledged criminal and grand jury investigation, which later manifested as Smith's elector case against Trump.
32% : On Thursday, Grassley noted during Patel's confirmation hearing that "Between March 22 and April 13, other versions of the document opening the investigation existed, because a ninth email shows that the FBI General Counsel's office made edits on March 25." "Was Trump still removed as an investigative subject?"
31% : Sources also noted to Fox News that Thibault was unauthorized to open criminal investigations, as he was not a special agent, yet he took action to open the investigation and involve Trump anyway.
27% : Other whistleblowers have cited Thibault's alleged "partisanship," which they said likely impacted investigations involving President Trump and Hunter Biden.
24% : A fourth email sent to Thibault on February 25, 2022 by a subordinate agent, Michelle Ball, reveals the two adding Trump and others as criminal subjects to the case.
13% : The senators say these documents prove that the source of Smith's case against Trump started with FBI Assistant Special Agent in Charge Timothy Thibault -- who was later fired from the bureau after violating the Hatch Act.

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