Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley and Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations Chairman Ron Johnson shared emails with Fox News showing that FBI Assistant Special Agent in Charge Timothy Thibault broke protocol by opening the “Arctic Frost” investigation into President Donald Trump.
Yes, Thibault, a notorious anti-Trump FBI agent, opened the election interference case against Trump led by former Special Counsel Jack Smith.
Thibault lost his job “after he violated the Hatch Act in his political posts on social media.”
Fox News pointed out that “only special agents have the authority to open criminal investigations.”
One email, obtained and reviewed by Fox News Digital, revealed Thibault communicating with a subordinate agent on Feb. 14, 2022.Thibault said: “Here is draft opening language we discussed,” and attached material that would later become part of Special Counsel Jack Smith’s elector case.Another email, sent by Thibault on Feb. 24, 2022, to a prosecutor in the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Columbia, John Crabb, states: “I had a discussion with the case team and we believe there to be predication to include former President of the United States Donald J. Trump as a predicated subject.”Sources told Fox News Digital, though, that Thibault took the action to open the investigation and involve Trump, despite being unauthorized to open criminal investigations in his role — only special agents have the authority to open criminal investigations.Another email, sent on the same day, notes that he would seek approval from Attorney General Merrick Garland and FBI Director Christopher Wray to open the case.Next, an email on Feb. 25, 2022, sent by a subordinate agent, Michelle Ball, to Thibault states that they added Trump and others as a criminal subject to the case.Thibault responded: “Perfect.”
In another email, Thibault attached the “investigative opening for approval” without including “Trump as a criminal subject.”
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