… Deputy Attorney General, Lisa Monaco, and FBI Director Christopher Wray personally approved opening Arctic Frost in April of 2022. Multiple write ups cite the memo and handwritten sign offs. And Grassley posted the claims publicly as well. Now, Grassley's characterization is simple. He framed Arctic Frost as a sweeping partisan overreach that weaponized law enforcement and surveilled members of Congress. He ties it to Smith's now dismiss D.C. case. (08:20–08:24)
CLAIM
Asserts that Grassley made the claims about Arctic Frost public.
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