Trump Turning ‘Arctic Frost’ Around on Perpetrators

By Rachel Alexander 

With new revelations coming out that the Biden administration coordinated with county and state prosecutors to target President Donald Trump and his associates for questioning the results of the 2020 election, Trump is not taking the news lightly. “Arctic Frost” targeted over 430 Republicans, including Trump campaign committees, the RNC and Turning Point USA, and secretly subpoenaed phone records and metadata from Trump and at least 10 Republican senators.

Both Congress and Trump are moving swiftly. Trump publicly called for prosecutions of former Special Counsel Jack Smith, former Attorney General Merrick Garland, former FBI Director Christopher Wray and Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco. Senators Chuck Grassley, R-IA, and Ron Johnson, R-WI, referred Arctic Frost for criminal investigation, and DOJ Civil Rights attorney Harmeet Dhillon has launched an investigation. Several prosecutors and FBI agents have been fired. Earlier this month, Rep. Brandon Gill, R-TX-26, filed articles of impeachment against Judge James Boasberg, an Obama appointee who had signed the subpoenas and nondisclosure orders for the investigation. Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC), one of those targeted, plans to "sue the hell out of" those responsible, citing separation-of-powers violations.

Trump pardoned those involved in the 2020 election challenges, but it has no effect on the state prosecutions, which are state law charges. 

Trump’s DOJ attorney, Jeffrey Clark, who is one of the defendants along with Trump in the Fulton County DA RICO prosecution, filed a Notice to Produce with that office a few days ago, requesting documents revealing collusion between the Biden administration. He also asked for communications with the J6 Congressional committee, the offices of progressive activist attorneys Norm Eisen and Marc Elias and the progressive Brookings Institution. 

Although Fulton County DA Fani Willis was disqualified from the case due to a significant appearance of impropriety arising from her romantic relationship with special prosecutor Nathan Wade, new special prosecutor Pete Skandalakis was appointed to replace her earlier this month. Three of the charges were dismissed after his appointment, but the core of the case remains ongoing. 

Eisen’s States United Democracy Center has been accused of drafting the indictments against the alternate slate of Republican electors and their associates in the 2020 election for Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes to copy. Christina Bobb, Trump’s former attorney and one of the defendants in that case, filed a pleading accusing Mayes of accepting a quid pro quo by accepting $200,000 for her campaign in exchange for initiating the prosecution. A judge threw out Mayes’ prosecution earlier this year, but Mayes appealed a few days ago to the Arizona Supreme Court. 

Other prominent defendants in that case include Trump’s former attorneys Rudy Giuliani and John Eastman. Pinal County Attorney Brad Miller, who represented two of the defendants, called for lawsuits against Mayes over the prosecution.

Mayes is also prosecuting Cochise County Supervisor Tom Crosby for delaying the canvassing of the 2022 election by a few days over concerns about election wrongdoing. A fellow supervisor already took a plea deal. Arizona State Senate President Warren Petersen and then-Arizona Speaker of the House Ben Toma filed an amicus curiae brief in the case in defense of Crosby.

Insiders say the DOJ is looking into going after Mayes, who has sued the Trump administration this year more than almost any other Democratic attorney general, joining or filing 30 lawsuits. The U.S. Postal Inspection Service, whose cases are prosecuted by the DOJ, is investigating one of Mayes' top deputies, Vanessa Hickman, for unrelated felony charges of controlling and trafficking stolen property.

In Clark County, Nevada, prosecution is proceeding against defendants for allegedly submitting a false certificate of ascertainment. In Wisconsin, three Trump campaign attorneys and aides are being prosecuted for forgery. A civil suit was settled with the defendants admitting no wrongdoing but agreeing not to repeat their actions, with one paying damages.

Michigan Judge Kristen D. Simmons, who was appointed to the bench by a Democrat, tossed out charges against Trump’s alternate electors there in September 2025, stating there was no evidence of intent to commit fraud. However, like Mayes, Democratic Attorney General Dana Nessel could still refile the charges there. In New Mexico, the attorney general announced that state law prohibits bringing charges, and Pennsylvania also declined to bring charges. 

Trump has made it clear he is furious at the results of the 2020 election and is seeking to get to the bottom of any wrongdoing while punishing anyone involved. Grassley called Arctic Frost “arguably worse than Watergate.” House Judiciary Chair Jim Jordan (R-OH-04) called it a “soft coup.” 

Mike Davis, founder of the Article III Project and former Chief Counsel for Nominations on the Senate Judiciary Committee, previously suggested Mayes should go to prison. He said in a recent op-ed for Fox News about Arctic Frost, “Justice is coming for those responsible for the lawfare … [it will] surely be worth the wait. We will make sure of it.”