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Thibault provides update that he’s working to get DOJ and FBI HQ to approve a case on the Trump campaign et al "for conspiring to defraud the US Govt via the elector case."

The email makes clear the case will be assigned to CR-15, the dismantled FBI Washington Field Office public corruption unit, and discusses putting a team together, including Special Agent Michelle Ball, as well as adding Special Agent Jamie Garman because "her background as an [Assistant U.S. Attorney] will be particularly helpful." 

Attorney General Merrick Garland, Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco and FBI Director Christopher Wray provide formal sign off to open the case that would become Arctic Frost. 

Chairman Grassley writes to Attorney General Garland and Director Wray to amplify whistleblower concerns "about a pattern of clear political partisanship by Thibault as well as other senior FBI and Justice Department officials." Grassley’s letter also references Thibault’s openly partisan conduct on social media. This marked the formal start of Grassley’s investigation into Arctic Frost.

"[T]he information I have received reveals that Thibault’s political partisanship…impacted his official decision-making on sensitive public corruption investigations… Thibault's partisanship likely affected investigations briefed to, and approved by, senior Justice Department and FBI officials."

Jack Smith issues subpoenas for at least twenty members of Congress and hundreds of organizations and individuals. All Republicans. The subpoenas sought broad, extensive and invasive financial data from Republican groups, as well as communications with the media and the legislative branch.

The Supreme Court clarifies that the Constitution grants presidents immunity for official acts taken while in office, thereby requiring substantial portions of the Jack Smith indictment to be reevaluated.

Chairman Grassley and Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) release the first Arctic Frost records, obtained via whistleblowers, at Kash Patel’s nomination hearing.