Hawkeye Reporter

Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) appeared on Fox News’ “America Reports” to discuss revelations that the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), under the Biden administration, surveilled eight Republican senators during its Arctic Frost investigation.

Grassley explained that he learned about the FBI’s actions last Thursday and subsequently arranged a briefing for his colleagues. “I first found out about [the targeting of Republican senators] last Thursday, and arranged a meeting for my colleagues, eight of them, to be briefed by the FBI [yesterday]. They were totally shocked that Jack Smith, at the time that he was prosecuting Trump … solicited the phone numbers and who they talked to from these eight senators,” Grassley said during the interview.

He described the surveillance as a privacy violation and indicated ongoing efforts to obtain more information from the FBI. “It’s a violation of privacy. We’re getting the FBI to get us further information. They said they’d give us more information by the end of the week. Then I'll have to decide what I'm going to do. I think I have a reputation for following the facts where they lead us and getting to a conclusion,” Grassley stated.

Grassley also noted that a whistleblower provided details regarding the Arctic Frost investigation. He emphasized the importance of whistleblowers within law enforcement agencies: “Information [on the Arctic Frost investigation] was given to us by a whistleblower. So, it just shows you how important it is [for] people [in] lower levels in the FBI to squeal on people that were violating the law and breaking all FBI rules to get this information.”

He concluded by reaffirming his commitment to a thorough inquiry: “You can be certain that, with Chuck Grassley’s reputation of following the facts where they lead us, we’re not going to leave a stone unturned.”