Operation Arctic Frost: The FBI Probe Targeting Republicans

Showing 6 Operation Arctic Frost videos from Charlie Kirk's video collection.

Operation Arctic Frost, an FBI investigation opened in April 2022 under agent Timothy Thibault and later taken over by special counsel Jack Smith, targeted ninety-two Republican-linked organizations and individuals, including the Republican National Committee, the Republican Attorney Generals Association, and Turning Point USA itself, according to unclassified documents and whistleblower testimony described in this material. What officials originally characterized as a national security investigation is described here as having extended well beyond its original scope investigating Trump-aligned electors into a broader examination of the Republican political apparatus generally, with whistleblowers alleging agents were directed to prioritize these political investigations over cases involving human trafficking and organized crime. FBI Director Kash Patel, testifying before Congress after Charlie Kirk's assassination, cited the investigation's disclosure among his agency's transparency efforts, alongside reporting more than 23,000 violent-crime arrests and apprehending Kirk's shooter within 33 hours of the killing. Separately, Andrew Kolvet and Turning Point USA's Thought Crime team addressed unrelated posthumous mischaracterizations of Kirk's own past commentary, while researchers Charles Ortel and Jason Goodman examined Turning Point USA's financial records independent of the Arctic Frost disclosures.