Whistleblower records released this week show that "prolific anti-Trump FBI agent" Timothy Thibault allegedly broke protocol to push for the agency's initial investigations into President Donald Trump and the 2020 election.
The records, released by Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, and Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Wis., Thursday, show that Thibault allegedly wrote the language for the "Arctic Frost" investigation that eventually became former Special Counsel Jack Smith's case against Trump, reported The Federalist Thursday.
"Thibault took this action despite being unauthorized to open criminal investigations in his ASAC role," a joint press release from Grassley and Johnson stated. They also said the Justice Department and FBI had a "plot to pin Trump."
The records further revealed that Richard Pilger, an official in the Justice Department's Public Integrity Section, reviewed and approved the Arctic Frost investigation, leading the DOJ to move forward with a criminal and grand jury investigation that became the Trump elector case.
Pilger was also included in a report from Grassley, who said he had "undermined the department's election-related efforts."
Thibault, a former FBI assistant special agent in charge (ASAC) was fired on charges of violating the Hatch Act after Grassley exposed his actions in a letter in 2022 to Christopher Wray, who was then the FBI director, and Merrick Garland, then the attorney general.
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