Grassley Files: 197 Subpoenas, GOP Impeachment Calls

Sen. Chuck Grassley released FBI files showing former Special Counsel Jack Smith’s Arctic Frost probe issued 197 subpoenas to 34 individuals and 163 entities seeking information on more than 400 people and organizations, including Turning Point USA and the Republican Attorneys General Association. The records indicate the FBI sought phone tolling and financial data for numerous GOP lawmakers and communications involving media outlets and former White House officials; some phone companies later refused to comply on constitutional grounds. U.S. District Judge James Boasberg signed a gag order that barred AT&T from informing Sen. Ted Cruz that his phone records had been subpoenaed, prompting Cruz and other Republican senators to call for Boasberg’s impeachment as an “egregious abuse of judicial power.” Republican leaders, including Grassley and House Judiciary Chairman Jim Jordan, have demanded Smith testify before Congress. The disclosures have reignited partisan controversy and follow prior reporting of internal reviews and disciplinary actions related to the matter.