Overview
- Trump used a Truth Social post to label implicated FBI personnel “total Scum” and urged Director Kash Patel to remove them immediately.
- Patel replied that the bureau had already identified the “corrupt actors” and terminated their employment last year, a step he has said followed his review of Arctic Frost files.
- Congressional documents reported by Just the News indicate former Washington Field Office supervisor Timothy Thibault helped initiate the probe, shared left-leaning commentary, and pressed to make Trump a formal subject.
- Breitbart’s account, citing internal materials and Sen. Chuck Grassley, reports the inquiry widened to scrutinize Republican-aligned groups including the RNC, the Republican Attorneys General Association, and Turning Point USA.
- Thibault left the FBI in August 2022 after his political social media posts surfaced, and parts of the Arctic Frost matter were later carried forward under Special Counsel Jack Smith in Jan. 6-related cases.