Conservatives Condemn the Vast Politicization of Justice Under Jack Smith’s Arctic Frost Investigation

Pro-Life Leader Frank Pavone
National Director, Priests for Life
Publication Date: November 04, 2025


Conservatives condemn, in the strongest possible terms, the politicization of the Biden Department of Justice (DOJ) and Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) in operation “Arctic Frost.” The ongoing revelations make clear that the so-called investigations carried out under Arctic Frost were not law enforcement – they were a meticulous, systematic attempt to use the power of the federal government to harass and dismantle the entire infrastructure of the political right.

The Extent and Scope of Arctic Frost: A Systematic Assault on Conservatives

Unveiled through de-classifications from FBI Director Kash Patel and FBI whistleblower documents provided to Senate Judiciary Chairman Chuck Grassley and Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations Chairman Senator Ron Johnson, Arctic Frost is the Biden FBI’s code name for an expansive probe into alleged efforts to challenge the 2020 election results – legally protected activities that the Biden FBI decided were “election interference.”

?Far from a legitimate investigation, Arctic Frost served as a vehicle for partisans within the government to weaponize federal authority against, as Chairman Grassley noted, the “entire Republican political apparatus.” Culpability for this brazen politicization started at the top: Arctic Frost was approved by Attorney General Merrick Garland, Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco, and FBI Director Christopher Wray. They personally signed off on an operation whose reach was unprecedented and breathtaking in its breadth and audacity:

  • Targeting Elected Officials: At least eight Republican U.S. Senators were subjected to surveillance, including GOP senators Tommy Tuberville, Ron Johnson, Bill Hagerty, Josh Hawley, Marsha Blackburn, Ted Cruz, among others. This violated the federal law requiring direct notification to members of Congress before such subpoenas are issued, potentially constituting unlawful overreach by U.S. District Judge James Boasberg, who authorized the subpoenas for the phone records and signed off on the gag orders preventing the Members of Congress from being notified.
  • Mass Subpoenas and Investigations: Special Counsel Jack Smith issued 197 subpoenas, ensnaring over 160 Republicans – from lawmakers to everyday activists – in a dragnet of intimidation. Reports indicate the total toll exceeded 430 conservative individuals and organizations, including Citizens United and its affiliated Foundation, Turning Point USA, the Conservative Partnership Institute, America First Legal, which did not even exist on January 6, 2021, and Center for Renewing America, which hadn’t even begun operations by that date. Also swept up were countless grassroots leaders who dared question election irregularities or support constitutional challenges.
  • Diversion of Resources and Broader Harassment: Thousands of FBI agents were diverted from critical priorities, such as pursuing child predators, to hunt conservatives for their political speech. This included potentially unconstitutional infringements on First Amendment rights, with subpoenas aimed at silencing dissent rather than uncovering crimes. The operation extended to wiretaps, financial scrutiny, and cyber investigations, creating an "enemies list" that chilled free expression across the nation.

The point of Arctic Frost was harassment. Despite a staggering number of subpoenas issued over two years, Jack Smith was never able to find a crime – because the process was intended to be the punishment. Arctic Frost was meant to punish, bankrupt, smear, and potentially to jail. It used the authority of the federal government to tyrannize the organized political right.

The actions taken as part of Arctic Frost represent a grotesque betrayal of the oaths taken by public servants to protect, not persecute, the American people. This operation embodied the very authoritarianism conservatives have long warned against: a federal leviathan unbound by law, targeting citizens for their ideology rather than their actions. As Senator Ted Cruz noted recently, “Arctic Frost is Joe Biden’s Watergate. And, in fact, in terms of abuse of government power, it makes Watergate pale in comparison.”

Arctic Frost grossly and directly undermined the American system of justice. The only way forward can be a level of accountability which matches the scale of the destruction. Jack Smith, Judge Boasberg, and the complicit Biden officials, including those at the FBI, must face immediate accountability – including termination, disbarment, impeachment, and where appropriate, prosecution for their roles in this vast conspiracy against liberty.

 






The Honorable J. Kenneth Blackwell

Chairman, Conservative Action Project

President, Council for National Policy

 

Greg Sindelar

Interim President, AFPI

CEO, Texas Public Policy Institute

 

Lisa B. Nelson

Chief Executive Officer

American Legislative Exchange Council

 

The Honorable David McIntosh

President

Club for Growth

 

David N. Bossie

President

Citizens United

 

Donald T. Eason

President, Center for Urban Renewal and Education (CURE)

 

Kelly J. Shackelford, Esq.

President, CEO & Chief Counsel

First Liberty Institute

 

Ed Corrigan

Vice Chairman, Conservative Action Project and President & CEO, Conservative Partnership Institute

 

Myron Ebell

Chairman-elect

American Lands Council

 

Cleta Mitchell, Esq.

Senior Legal Fellow

Conservative Partnership Institute

 

Mike Berry

Executive Director of External Affairs & Senior Counsel, First Liberty Institute

 

Jenny Beth Martin

Chairman, Tea Party Patriots Citizen Fund and Chairman, CNP Action, Inc.

 

Rebecca Weber

CEO, Association of Mature American Citizens (AMAC)

 

The Honorable Becky Norton Dunlop

White House Advisor

President Ronald Reagan (1981-1985)

 

Lori Roman

President

ACRU Action Fund

 

William L. Walton

The Bill Walton Show

Vice Chairman, CPAC

 

Lt. Gen. William G. Boykin (Ret.)

Executive Vice President

Family Research Council

 

The Honorable Morton C. Blackwell

President

The Leadership Institute

 

Floyd G. Brown

Founder

The Western Journal

 

The Honorable James C. Miller III

OMB Director (1985-1988)

 

Gary Marx

President

The Concord Fund

 

Lee Beaman

CEO

Beaman Ventures

 

Bishop E.W. Jackson Sr.

Founder and President

STAND Foundation, Inc.

 

The Honorable Craig DeRoche

President & CEO

Family Policy Alliance

 

Kielle C. Lindsey

President

The Lindsey Foundation

 

Tim Macy

Chairman

Gun Owners of America

 

Joan Holt Lindsey

President

Lindsey Communications

 

James L. Martin

Founder/Chairman

60 Plus Association

 

Stephen D. Moxley

President

SD Moxley LLC

 

Tom DeWeese

President

American Policy Center

 

Rod D. Martin

Founder & CEO

Martin Capital, Inc.

 

Guillermo J. Aragon

Chief Strategy Officer

Martin Capital, Inc.

 

Kay R. Daly

President

Coalition for a Fair Judiciary

 

The Honorable Peter J. Thomas

Chairman

The Conservative Caucus

 

Tim LeFever

Chairman

Capitol Resource Institute

 

Judson Phillips

Founder

Tea Party Nation

 

Robert K. Fischer

Meeting Coordinator

Conservatives of Faith

 

The Honorable Mike Wolfe

Candidate

Texas House District 128

 

Rosemary Jenks

Cofounder

Immigration Accountability Project

 

Ron Pearson

President

Pearson & Pipkin

 

The Honorable Tim Huelskamp, Ph.D.

Former Member of Congress

1st District of Kansas

 

Saulius "Saul" Anuzis

President

60 Plus Association

 

Ron Armstrong

President

Stand Up Michigan

 

Connie Hair

State Director, Louisiana

State Freedom Caucus Network

 

Suanne Edmiston

State Director, Arizona

State Freedom Caucus Network

 

The Honorable Justin Sparks

Member (District 110)

Missouri House of Representatives

 

The Honorable Charlice Byrd

Member (District 20)

Georgia House of Representatives

 

The Honorable Nathan Dahm

Former Member (District 33)

Oklahoma State Senate

 

The Honorable Ann Lucas

Member (District 43)

Wyoming House of Representatives

 

The Honorable Nick Schroer

Member (District 2)

Missouri State Senate

 

The Honorable Dodie Horton

Member (District 9)

Louisiana House of Representatives

 

The Honorable Bob Phalen

Member (District 17)

Montana State Senate

 

The Honorable Randy Grellner

Member (District 21)

Oklahoma State Senate

 

The Honorable Molly Jenkins

Member (District 33)

Oklahoma House of Representatives

 

The Honorable Lucas Cayler

Member (District 11B)

Idaho House of Representatives

 

The Honorable Beryl Amedee

Member (District 51)

Louisiana House of Representatives

 

The Honorable Jake Hoffman

Member (District 15), Arizona State Senate and Arctic Frost Target

 

The Honorable Noelle Kahaian

Member (District 81)

Georgia House of Representatives

 

The Honorable Glenneda Zuiderveld

Member (District 24)

Idaho State Senate

 

The Honorable Joseph Chaplik

Member (District 3)

Arizona House of Representatives

 

The Honorable Jim Olsen

Member (District 2)

Oklahoma House of Representatives

 

The Honorable Rodney Schamerhorn

Member (District 24)

Louisiana House of Representatives

 

Barbara Ledeen

Retired

US Senate

Matthew Tyrmand

 



The Honorable Jim DeMint

Chairman, Conservative Partnership Institute and Member, US Senate (SC 2005-2013)

 

Kevin Roberts, Ph.D.

President

The Heritage Foundation

 

The Honorable Tony Perkins

President

Family Research Council

 

The Honorable T. Kenneth Cribb, Jr.

Assistant to the President for Domestic Affairs, President Ronald Reagan

 

Wesley Denton

Chief Operating Officer

Conservative Partnership Institute (CPI)

 

Thomas E. McClusky

Principal

Greenlight Strategies, LLC

 

The Honorable Paul S. Teller, Ph.D.

President

Teller Strategies

 

Noah Wall

President & Founder

State Leadership Initiative

 

 

Alfred S. Regnery

President

Republic Book Publishers

 

Chad Connelly

Founder and President

Faith Wins

 

David Bozell

President

ForAmerica

 

Eric Teetsel

Chief Executive Officer

Center for Renewing America

 

Andy Roth

President

State Freedom Caucus Network

 

Scott T. Parkinson

Vice President for Government Affairs

Club for Growth

 

Thomas H. Jones

Founder

American Accountability Foundation

 

Bob Carlstrom

President

The Carlstrom Group

 

The Honorable Bob McEwen

U.S. House of Representatives

Former Member, Ohio

 

The Honorable Carla Sands

Chair, Foreign Policy Initiative, Distinguished Senior Fellow, Energy Policy, AFPI and US Ambassador to the Kingdom of Denmark (Ret.)

 

Dr. OJ Oleka

CEO

State Financial Officers Foundation

 

Drew McKissick

State Chairman

SC Republican Party

 

The Honorable George K. Rasley Jr.

Managing Editor

ConservativeHQ.com

 

Elaine Donnelly

President

Center for Military Readiness

 

Kevin Freeman

Founder

NSIC Institute

 

Kristen A. Ullman

President

Eagle Forum

 

Anne Schlafly

Chairman

Eagle Forum

 

Peggy Dau

Co-Founder

NationsNet.org

 

The Honorable Gary L. Bauer

President

American Values

 

Frank Pavone

National Director

Priests for Life

 

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Senior Fellow

The Claremont Institute, Center for Constitutional Jurisprudence

 

Paul Gessing

President

Rio Grande Foundation

 

Christina Murphy, Esq.

President

The Martin Foundation

 

Phil Kerpen

President

American Commitment

 

Melissa Emery

Board Member

Media Research Center

 

Seton Motley

President

Less Government

 

Jim Pfaff

President

The Conservative Caucus

 

The Honorable Richard Hayes

State Representative

State of Texas

 

Paavo Ensio

Chairman

Universal Minerals Group

 

John Yep

President

Catholics for Catholics

 

Jack Park

Conservative Activist and Donor

 

Mark Fitzgibbons

President of Corporate Affairs

American Target Advertising

 

Jeffrey M. Kruszyna

Founder

JMK Victory

 

Ned Jones

Deputy Director

Election Integrity Network

 

Darin Gaub

State Director, Montana

State Freedom Caucus Network

 

Maria Nate

State Director, Idaho

State Freedom Caucus Network

 

Blake Bassham

Research Director

State Freedom Caucus Network

 

The Honorable Jeff Coleman

Member (District 32)

Missouri House of Representatives

 

The Honorable Carl Glimm

Member (District 2)

Montana State Senate

 

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Member (District 48)

Wyoming House of Representatives

 

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Member (District 53)

Montana House of Representatives

 

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Member (District 50)

Wyoming House of Representatives

 

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Member (District 58)

Wyoming House of Representatives

 

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Member (District 32)

Oklahoma State Senate

 

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Member (District 25B)

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Member (District 88)

Louisiana House of Representatives

 

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Member (District 8)

Idaho House of Representatives

 

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Member (District 24A)

Idaho House of Representatives

 

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Member (District 43)

Oklahoma State Senate

 

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Member (District 23)

Idaho State Senate

 

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Member (District 34)

Oklahoma State Senate

 

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Member (District 3)

Oklahoma State Senate

 

The Honorable Daniel Singh

Member (District 61)

Wyoming House of Representatives

 

Dr. Charles Owen

Member (District 30)

Louisiana House of Representatives

 

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