Grassley released FBI whistleblower records on Thursday showing that an anti-Trump figure, former FBI Assistant Special Agent in Charge Timothy Thibault, previously found to have violated the Hatch Act was a key factor in pushing the election charges brought by former Special Counsel Jack Smith.
Grassley suggested that Thibault violated protocol in opening and advancing the FBI’s initial probe into the 2020 election without sufficient predication. The investigation, called Operation Arctic Frost, was opened on April 13, 2022.
Years later, "Of all the gin joints in all the towns in all the world, [Thibault] walked" into Grassley’s.
Whistleblowers alleged that Thibault’s alleged "partisanship" likely impacted investigations involving President Trump and Hunter Biden.
Thibault was previously named as the agent who effectively scuttled the investigation into Hunter Biden and his laptop.