The Biden administration weaponized the FBI to spy on Republican senators and members of Congress.
New documents revealed the massive scope of what's now being called Biden's Watergate.
And Trump's legal team just dropped a bombshell about what was hidden from them during the trial.
Trump's attorney exposes massive cover-up
John Lauro served as President Trump's trial counsel when Special Counsel Jack Smith prosecuted him over the January 6, 2021 protests at the U.S. Capitol.¹
Lauro appeared on Breitbart News Saturday following U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley's (R-IA) release of explosive FBI files from Smith's "Arctic Frost" investigation.
The whistleblower documents revealed Smith issued nearly 200 subpoenas targeting more than 400 Republican officials and organizations.²
"This material should've been turned over to us, and it never was," Lauro told the show.³
The Trump attorney explained that the documents contained exculpatory information about the Biden administration's effort to prosecute Trump and Republican officials.
These weren't routine investigation files.
They proved Trump's core defense — that the entire prosecution was political vengeance for his 2024 presidential campaign.
"It was simply a DOJ takedown of a political movement," Lauro stated.⁴
Members of Congress were secretly under investigation
Lauro emphasized what shocked him most about Grassley's whistleblower documents.
"But, what we didn't know then is that Republican legislators, members of Congress were also being targeted, and that's the shocking news in this Arctic Frost business," Lauro explained.⁵
Smith's team obtained 197 subpoenas sent to 34 individuals and 163 businesses, including financial institutions.⁶
The subpoenas demanded testimony, communications, and records for at least 430 named Republican individuals and entities.⁷
Eight Republican senators had their phone records secretly monitored during Smith's investigation.⁸
Among those potentially investigated were Steve Bannon, U.S. Representative Scott Perry (R-PA), Rudy Giuliani, Jeffrey Clark, John Eastman, and Mark Meadows.⁹
Another 111 individuals — including Peter Navarro, Dan Scavino, and Jeff Rosen — were also potentially under investigation.¹⁰
The subpoenas sought sweeping financial information from conservative organizations like Turning Point USA and the Republican Attorneys General Association.¹¹
They demanded communications with media companies including Fox News, CBS, Fox Business, Newsmax, and Sinclair.¹²
U.S. Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) discovered that Smith's office moved to collect his personal cell phone records from AT&T without notifying him.¹³
A federal judge signed an order preventing AT&T from informing Cruz that the government was seeking his data.¹⁴
"Arctic Frost is Joe Biden's Watergate," Cruz declared. "And in fact, in terms of abuse of government power, it makes Watergate pale in comparison."¹⁵
Biden officials signed off on spying operation
Attorney General Merrick Garland authorized the FBI's Washington field office to launch the full Arctic Frost investigation in April 2022.¹⁶
That decision came just months before Trump announced his 2024 presidential campaign.
Three days after Trump's November 2022 campaign announcement, Garland appointed Smith as special counsel.¹⁷
The timing reveals the political motivation behind the entire operation.
Smith brought two indictments against Trump in 2023 — one for classified documents and another for allegedly trying to overturn the 2020 election.¹⁸
But he never brought either case to trial.
Smith dismissed both cases after Trump won the 2024 election, citing Justice Department policy against prosecuting sitting presidents.¹⁹
"Jack Smith knew that our defense was political vengeance, that this was being done to President Trump and his supporters in retaliation for running for President," Lauro stated. "That was our core defense, everybody knew that. President Trump announced it publicly, and this information would substantiate all of that."²⁰
The evidence Trump's team needed to prove their political persecution defense existed the entire time.
Smith's prosecutors deliberately withheld the documents showing they targeted Republican members of Congress.
"The fact that they went after key Republican legislators would support our defense, and it should have been turned over," Lauro explained.²¹
Lauro concluded that Smith "needs to be called before Congress and answer to the American people for everything he did to try to stop Donald Trump from being president."²²
"It really should be shocking to all Americans that this was permitted to go on — with the support of the media, the Democrat Party, the Department of Justice, the Biden Administration, and it was really an outrageous example of lawfare where the goal was to interfere in the election, disrupt the MAGA movement, and ultimately deny President Trump another term," Lauro added.²³
The Arctic Frost documents prove what Trump supporters knew all along.
Joe Biden and his allies weaponized the Justice Department to spy on political opponents and interfere in the 2024 election.
¹ Elizabeth Weibel, "Exclusive — Attorney John Lauro: Jack Smith's 'Arctic Frost' Probe Was 'Takedown of a Political Movement'," Breitbart, November 1, 2025.
² "NEW: Jack Smith Subpoenaed Records for Over 400 Republican Targets As Part of Arctic Frost," U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley, October 29, 2025.
³ Weibel, Breitbart.
⁴ Ibid.
⁵ Ibid.
⁶ Grassley press release.
⁷ Ibid.
⁸ Kyle Becker, "'Biden admin. enemies list' targeted hundreds of Republicans: Arctic Frost investigation," CBS Austin, October 29, 2025.
⁹ "Trump: Arctic Frost 'Thugs' Should Be 'Investigated'," WJR-AM, October 29, 2025.
¹⁰ Ibid.
¹¹ Becker, CBS Austin.
¹² Grassley press release.
¹³ Jerry Dunleavy and Josh Christenson, "Cruz says Biden FBI's Arctic Frost investigation makes Watergate 'pale in comparison'," Washington Examiner, November 2, 2025.
¹⁴ Ibid.
¹⁵ Ibid.
¹⁶ WJR-AM.
¹⁷ "Jack Smith, the special counsel investigating the Trump classified documents case," PolitiFact, June 9, 2023.
¹⁸ Robert Legare and Melissa Quinn, "Special counsel's final report says Trump would have been convicted of election interference if he hadn't won," CBS News, January 15, 2025.
¹⁹ Ibid.
²⁰ Weibel, Breitbart.
²¹ Ibid.
²² Ibid.
²³ Ibid.
