Jack Smith shredded the Constitution to target Donald Trump.
How far his witch hunt went is being exposed.
And a Democrat judge was exposed for working with Jack Smith on this hair-raising plot.
Senator Chuck Grassley took the Senate floor to blow the lid off one of the most disturbing political scandals in American history.
Arctic Frost began as an FBI investigation into the 2020 election but morphed into something far more sinister under Special Counsel Jack Smith.
Grassley revealed that Smith subpoenaed phone records from at least 11 Republican senators and six House members — all in secret thanks to gag orders signed by one federal judge.
Judge James Boasberg Signed Gag Orders to Hide Spying on Congress
U.S. District Judge James Boasberg — an Obama appointee — signed one-year nondisclosure orders that prevented phone companies from telling Republican members of Congress their records had been seized.¹
Your elected representatives had their phone records secretly subpoenaed by the Biden Justice Department. And they couldn't be told about it because one judge signed gag orders to keep them in the dark.
Senator Ted Cruz discovered AT&T had been forbidden by court order from notifying him about the subpoena. Senator Lindsey Graham found out Verizon handed over his data without telling him.
"Judge Boasberg put his robe down, stood up and said, 'Sign me up to be part of the partisan vendetta against 20% of Republicans in the Senate,'" Cruz said.²
Grassley explained that emails show Smith's office knew their subpoenas could violate the Speech and Debate Clause of the Constitution — which protects members of Congress from legal action for their legislative work.
The Justice Department's own Public Integrity Section warned Smith about constitutional concerns.
Smith pushed forward anyway. And Judge Boasberg rubber-stamped every request.
"The volume of subpoenas issued by the Special Counsel's office should've raised alarms with Judge Boasberg," Grassley said on the Senate floor. "Alarms that maybe congressional records could've been swept up by the government's conduct."³
Now we know why Boasberg didn't sound those alarms. He was in on it.
Arctic Frost Targeted 430 Republicans in Fishing Expedition
The full scope of Arctic Frost is jaw-dropping. Grassley made public 197 subpoenas targeting at least 430 Republican individuals and organizations.⁴
Read that number again. Four hundred and thirty Republicans.
The targets included Turning Point USA — the conservative student organization founded by Charlie Kirk before his assassination.
Smith's team also went after the Republican National Committee, the Republican Attorneys General Association, the Conservative Partnership Institute, and the America First Policy Institute.⁵
Smith subpoenaed communications with Fox News, Fox Business, Newsmax, and Sinclair Broadcasting. He demanded donor data and fundraising analytics. He seized comprehensive banking records from conservative organizations.
This wasn't an investigation. It was a political dragnet designed to map the entire conservative movement.
"Arctic Frost was not just about putting President Trump in prison, but it was a means to an end," Grassley explained. "That end that the Arctic Frost investigation sought was a vehicle by which partisan FBI agents and partisan DOJ prosecutors could improperly investigate the entire Republican political apparatus."⁶
The targeting went beyond politicians. Trump's own DOJ official Harmeet Dhillon — now serving as Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights — revealed this week she was caught in Smith's dragnet.
"We were part of the investigative targets, and that's because we represented the Republican National Committee, and we represented the Trump campaign," Dhillon told the New York Post.⁷
If you donated to Trump, worked for a conservative organization, or appeared on Fox News, Jack Smith wanted your records. And Judge Boasberg gave him the legal cover to get them.
Smith even obtained President Trump's and Vice President Mike Pence's government-issued cell phones with help from the Biden White House.
Representative Jim Jordan — the chairman leading oversight of the weaponized FBI — had his phone records subpoenaed for 28 months. Twenty-eight months. That's not investigating January 6th. That's building a database on conservative leaders.⁸
Republicans Demand Accountability for Judge Boasberg
Texas Representative Brandon Gill filed articles of impeachment against Boasberg in November. Senator Eric Schmitt is calling for Boasberg to be administratively suspended pending formal impeachment proceedings.⁹
The charges are simple: Boasberg abused his judicial authority to target the Trump administration, Republican senators, and conservative organizations.
He signed gag orders he knew would shield an unconstitutional investigation from public scrutiny.
Recent revelations make the judge's conduct even more damning.
A federal court official explained that Boasberg routinely signed gag orders "blindly" — without even knowing the phone numbers belonged to members of Congress.
When the Biden Justice Department asked for gag orders, Judge Boasberg rubber-stamped them. No questions asked.
"Judge Boasberg's refusal to answer questions from Congress about his approval of unlawful gag orders is an affront to transparency," Senator Ron Johnson said.¹⁰
Senator Graham called Boasberg's gag order "legal slander" and demanded a "Watergate-style investigation" into potential misconduct by Smith and the judge.¹¹
Graham's right. This is worse than Watergate. Nixon's people broke into one office.
The Biden Justice Department — with Judge Boasberg's blessing — broke into the phone records of hundreds of Republicans across the country.
The Senate Judiciary Committee is planning a series of Arctic Frost hearings for 2026 to examine the constitutional implications of this weaponized investigation.
House Judiciary Chairman Jim Jordan subpoenaed Smith to testify about his role in the scandal.¹²
Every Republican senator whose records were seized. Every conservative organization that was targeted. Every American who donated to Trump or worked for the America First movement. They all deserve answers.
Democrats controlled the Justice Department. They controlled the FBI. And they had a willing accomplice in Judge Boasberg who signed off on their every request to spy on political opponents.
This is what the weaponization of government looks like. And Chuck Grassley just exposed the judge who made it all possible.
¹ Misty Severi, "Grassley sheds light on his probe into Jack Smith's Arctic Frost investigation," Just the News, December 10, 2025.
² Elizabeth Elking and Breanne Deppisch, "Major phone carriers reveal Jack Smith's subpoenas for Republican senators' records," Fox News, October 31, 2025.
³ Severi, "Grassley sheds light on his probe."
⁴ Chuck Grassley, "NEW: Jack Smith Subpoenaed Records for Over 400 Republican Targets As Part of Arctic Frost," Senate Judiciary Committee, October 29, 2025.
⁵ Ibid.
⁶ Severi, "Grassley sheds light on his probe."
⁷ Bob Hoge, "Guess Who Else Jack Smith Spied on With Arctic Frost? Harmeet Dhillon," RedState, December 10, 2025.
⁸ Elking and Deppisch, "Major phone carriers reveal Jack Smith's subpoenas."
⁹ Eric Schmitt, "Senator Schmitt Leads Colleagues in Calling for the Suspension, Impeachment of Judge Boasberg," Senator Schmitt Press Release, November 4, 2025.
¹⁰ Sierra Marlee, "Judge Boasberg's gag orders under scrutiny, but court says don't ask, don't tell policy is totally normal," BizPac Review, December 3, 2025.
¹¹ Nick Rojas, "Obama Judge's Bid To Help Deep State Spy On GOP In Secret May Have Violated Federal Law," Daily Caller, November 3, 2025.
¹² Chuck Grassley, "Senate Judiciary Committee Plans Series of Arctic Frost Hearings for 2026," Senate Judiciary Committee, December 2025.
