Peeling back the layers of the Biden administration is a lot like peeling an onion — every layer stinks worse than the last, and sooner or later, somebody’s going to cry. For the past year, Senate Judiciary Chair Chuck Grassley has been doing the peeling, and what he’s found should make every American demand answers.
The “Arctic Frost” hearings have already revealed that special counsel Jack Smith secretly subpoenaed the phone records of 20 current or former Republican members of Congress. In February, telecom executives sat before the Senate and explained why they rolled over and complied with Smith’s secret subpoenas. Spoiler — they didn’t put up much of a fight. But all of that? That was just the appetizer.
What Grassley uncovered this week makes the rest of it look like a warm-up. And if you think you’ve already seen the worst of what the Biden DOJ was capable of, I’d suggest you keep reading.
When “incredible” doesn’t mean what you think
Documents obtained by Grassley reveal that in January 2021, the Biden-era FBI launched something called “Operation Rampart Twelve” — a formal investigation into Republican Reps. Lauren Boebert, Mo Brooks, Paul Gosar, and Andy Biggs. The allegation? That they helped organize or assist groups involved in the Jan. 6 Capitol riot. The source? Then-Democratic Rep. Mikie Sherrill, who claimed on Facebook Live that certain members of Congress had led “reconnaissance tours” of the Capitol beforehand.
There was just one problem. The prosecutors running the case didn’t buy a word of it.
From the Daily Caller:
Prosecutor J.P. Cooney called Sherrill’s handling of the situation “embarrassing” and “appalling,” adding in a Jan. 13 text message that it “makes her allegations completely incredible.” Days later, after reviewing video footage of Boebert in the Capitol, Cooney noted there was “a maga hat group about a minute behind her but it’s a family – with kids.” He described the footage as “weird” but added it “does not look suspicious.”
Let that sink in. Their own prosecutors said the allegations were baseless. The video showed tourists with children. And what did the FBI do? They pressed forward anyway. Investigators obtained toll records for Boebert and Gosar. An FBI agent sought approval in December 2021 to interview both members. The investigation ran for a full year before headquarters finally ordered it closed in January 2022.
Twelve months. On allegations the government’s own lawyers privately called garbage.
And here’s where it goes from infuriating to genuinely sinister. Prosecutors Molly Gaston and J.P. Cooney — the same two who traded those damning texts — were later hired by Jack Smith to prosecute President Donald Trump. Were they disciplined for chasing a bogus case? Reassigned? Of course not. They were promoted. The people willing to pursue Republicans on discredited claims were handed the biggest political prosecution in modern history. That’s not a coincidence. That’s a pipeline.
The quiet part out loud
Senator Ron Johnson put it plainly: the messages “show Justice Department attorneys sought to investigate Republicans no matter how spurious the allegation.” Senator Eric Schmitt called the documents “bombshell,” describing the entire probe as “nothing more than a political agenda.”
Now let me say what every conservative reading this is already thinking. If a Republican-led FBI had opened a yearlong investigation into four sitting Democratic members of Congress — seized their phone records, sought interviews, all while its own prosecutors called the basis “completely incredible” — it would be the only story on every cable news network for six months straight. Primetime specials. Book deals. Impeachment hearings before lunch.
But when it happens to Republicans? Nothing. Conservatives have been living with this double standard for so long it barely registers anymore. And that’s exactly what the deep state counts on — that we’ll shrug and move on.
We shouldn’t. Honestly, the more we learn, the less this looks like a government and the more it looks like a protection racket. Target your political enemies, reward the loyalists who do the dirty work, and bet that nobody will ever find out.
Grassley is expected to present these records at Tuesday’s Arctic Frost hearing, and there are surely more layers left to peel. The American people paid for this investigation with their tax dollars. They deserve to know what was done in their name — and who’s going to answer for it.
Key Takeaways
- The Biden FBI investigated four GOP members of Congress for a year on allegations prosecutors privately called “completely incredible.”
- The same prosecutors who ran this discredited probe were later hired by Jack Smith to prosecute President Trump.
- Investigators obtained phone records for targeted members despite video evidence deemed “not suspicious.”
- Senate oversight and whistleblowers — not the media — are the only reason Americans know about this abuse.
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