Jack Smith's crusade against Donald Trump left a trail of destruction.
Republicans are still uncovering the full scope of the Biden administration's weaponization.
And Devin Nunes exposed one move from Jack Smith that crossed a disturbing line.
Trump Media & Technology Group CEO Devin Nunes dropped a bombshell accusation that shows just how far Jack Smith was willing to go to get Donald Trump.
Smith secretly subpoenaed banking records for Trump Media despite the company not even existing during the events he was supposedly investigating.¹
"This is a stunning abuse of power against a private business and our hundreds of thousands of retail investors, especially since Trump Media did not even exist at the time of the events Jack Smith was supposedly investigating," Nunes said on Truth Social.¹
Smith demanded records covering September 1, 2020, to October 31, 2021 – a timeframe that began five months before Trump Media even existed.²
Trump Media wasn't incorporated until February 8, 2021, yet Smith's subpoena reached backward to capture banking activity from a company that didn't exist.²
The dragnet swept up banking records, wire transfers, ACH payments, safe-deposit box records, debit card transactions, IP addresses, cookie data, deleted electronic documents, metadata, and encryption keys.¹
Smith weaponized the government against Trump's business empire
The Trump Media subpoena reveals Smith's true objective – don't just investigate Trump, destroy anything connected to him.
Smith issued the subpoena demanding Trump Media's banking records even though the company was barely off the ground when his supposed investigation window closed.
Think about what that means.
Smith wanted to see who Trump did business with, who invested in his company, who supported his return to social media after Big Tech banned him.
That's not investigating January 6 – that's building a target list of Trump allies.
Arctic Frost targeted the entire conservative movement
And Trump Media was just one name on a list that kept growing.
Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley released whistleblower documents showing Smith issued 197 subpoenas targeting at least 430 Republican individuals and entities.³
The subpoenas didn't just target Trump campaign officials.
Smith cast a massive net over the entire conservative movement.
Smith's team demanded communications with media companies including Fox News, Fox Business, Newsmax, CBS, and Sinclair.³
He went after communications with White House advisors Stephen Miller, Dan Scavino, Jared Kushner, and Lara Trump.³
The late Charlie Kirk's Turning Point USA found itself in Smith's crosshairs.
So did the Republican Attorneys General Association, Save America PAC, and America First Policy Institute.
Smith even subpoenaed statistical data on conservative donors and fundraising, plus broad financial data on conservative individuals and entities.³
Senator Ted Cruz called it what it is – "Joe Biden's Watergate."
Watergate involved breaking into one office to steal documents about political strategy.
Arctic Frost involved the full power of the federal government, subpoenaing hundreds of organizations, seizing phone records of sitting senators, and demanding financial data on conservative donors across America.
This makes Watergate look like amateur hour.
Biden's DOJ built a surveillance state targeting Republicans
This wasn't a criminal investigation – it was an intelligence operation against political opposition.
The Arctic Frost operation began inside the FBI under Director Chris Wray in early 2022 before Attorney General Merrick Garland elevated it and appointed Smith as special counsel in November 2022.⁴
Smith's team obtained phone metadata for eight Republican senators and one House member, burying it in restricted "Prohibited Access" files to hide it from the rest of the FBI.⁴
Republican Congressman Scott Perry had his phone seized by the FBI in August 2022 as part of Smith's dragnet.
After Perry fought back in court, a judge ruled investigators could examine 1,659 messages while 396 were protected under the Constitution's Speech or Debate Clause.⁵
The scope of Arctic Frost went far beyond Trump.
Smith systematically mapped the Republican Party's infrastructure, funding sources, communication networks, and donor base.
This was surveillance on a scale that would make Richard Nixon blush.
Smith's counsel defended the approach as "entirely proper and lawful" despite the breadth of the surveillance.¹
The cover-up unravels as whistleblowers come forward
Smith thought he could hide this surveillance operation forever.
But whistleblowers inside the FBI and DOJ are exposing what really happened.
The truth keeps getting worse.
Nunes is asking the questions that JPMorgan Chase and the Securities and Exchange Commission don't want to answer.
When did JPMorgan and the SEC learn about Smith's secret subpoena for Trump Media?
Did bank employees leak the records to Smith's team or the media?
Why did Smith target a company that barely existed during his investigation window?
The bigger question – how many other Trump-connected businesses got the same treatment without anyone finding out?
Smith's sweeping subpoenas prove he wasn't conducting a focused investigation.
He was building an enemies list.
The Trump Media subpoena shows Smith cast such a wide net he targeted companies that barely existed during his supposed investigation period.
Smith wasn't looking for evidence of crimes – he was mapping Trump's business empire to find pressure points.
That's not law enforcement.
That's political warfare using the Justice Department as a weapon.
Attorney General Pam Bondi and FBI Director Kash Patel have a clear mandate from the American people.
Find everyone involved in Arctic Frost and hold them accountable.
That includes Jack Smith, the FBI agents who executed these subpoenas, the DOJ lawyers who approved them, and anyone at JPMorgan or the SEC who helped cover it up.
The American people voted for Trump knowing the full extent of this weaponization.
They want justice, not excuses.
¹ Newsmax, "Devin Nunes: Jack Smith Sought Trump Media Bank Records," October 30, 2025.
² Ibid.
³ Senate Judiciary Committee, "NEW: Jack Smith Subpoenaed Records for Over 400 Republican Targets As Part of Arctic Frost," October 29, 2025.
⁴ Washington Examiner, "Jack Smith sought 197 subpoenas in Arctic Frost probe, new records show," October 29, 2025.
⁵ CNN, "Special counsel Jack Smith is locked in at least 8 secret court battles in Trump investigations," February 16, 2023.
