‘Biden admin. enemies list’ targeted hundreds of Republicans

(by James Morley, Newsmax) – Documents released Tuesday by the House Judiciary Committee show that FBI agents across the country [under the Biden administration] participated in…an investigation into more than 160 Republicans for alleged 2020 election-related offenses.

The scope of former DOJ prosecutor Jack Smith’s case…[questioning of the legitimacy of the] the 2020 election [results] appears to have been larger than previously understood. According to the committee, 198 new documents were made public.

Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, chairman of the committee, disclosed that new records, provided by FBI Director Kash Patel, reveal the…investigation was broader than initially believed. The probe appeared to extend deeply into Trump’s political network as the former president prepared for his 2024 campaign.

The newly released documents reinforce Republican claims that there was a concerted effort by the Biden administration to “take down President Trump and his supporters.”

The documents indicate that 45 individuals closely affiliated with Trump were identified for potential investigation.

111 others within Trump’s wider political circle, including Trump trade adviser Peter Navarro, Trump senior adviser Dan Scavino, Steve Bannon, Rudy Giuliani, Trump’s Chief of Staff Mark Meadows, John Eastman, Jeffrey Clark, and Rep. Scott Perry, R-Pa., were also flagged for scrutiny.

In September, Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, revealed on Capitol Hill that Charlie Kirk’s Turning Point USA, was among the Republican-linked groups targeted under the operations, named “Arctic Frost.”

The operation, Grassley said, had been approved initially by the then-FBI Director Christopher Wray and then elevated by Biden’s then-Attorney General Merrick Garland.

[Grassley and others, have described the investigation as a broad, indiscriminate “fishing expedition” and politically motivated.  The senator stated that the investigation was arguably “worse than Watergate” due to its unconstitutional and politically driven nature. He said,

(“The Biden administration investigation) was the vehicle by which partisan FBI agents and DOJ prosecutors could improperly investigate the entire Republican political apparatus. Contrary to what (Jack) Smith has said publicly, this was clearly a fishing expedition.”

“If this happened to the Democrats, they’d be as rightly outraged as we are.”

Senators Ron Johnson and Ted Cruz have called for accountability and characterize the investigation as an abuse of power by the Biden administration. Republicans are particularly disturbed by the seizure of phone records, subpoenaing of confidential information, and surveillance of their communications despite a lack of evidence that they were involved in any wrongdoing or criminal activity].

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Key points claimed by Republicans:

Despite the broad language, internal FBI docs (FD-302s, whistleblower leaks) show:

• No individualized probable cause for most targets
• Mass data collection used to map political networks, not investigate specific crimes
• Targets had zero connection to violence (e.g., Senators who only objected to certification of the 2020 presidential election results)
• Rep. Jim Jordan (2025 letter to Judge Boasberg):  “The applications misled the Court by implying criminal conduct where none existed — using Jan 6 as a pretext to surveil an entire political party.”

What Smith’s Team Claimed:

Specific Crime(s) Under Investigation:

•  Conspiracy to defraud the U.S. (§ 371)
• False statements (§ 1001)
• Obstruction of Congress (§ 1512)
• Seditious conspiracy (§ 2384) (rarely used)

(the information above from Grok, Oct. 30, 2025)