Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall criticized former President Joe Biden and former special counsel Jack Smith for previously launching an investigation in 2012 into Turning Point USA, which is the nonprofit co-founded by conservative activist Charlie Kirk, and other conservative and Republican organizations.
Last week during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing, U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) released audio and records related to the investigation titled “Arctic Frost,” which examined 92 GOP groups and some individuals linked to those groups.
“Since the Trump administration took power, many FBI agents have been removed,” Grassley, chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee, said. “The removals included agents and prosecutors who became partisan weapons that lost their way, and I’ve made records public to prove it.”
Marshall, who is also a candidate for U.S. Senate in 2026, discussed the issue during a recent appearance Fox Business Network’s “Mornings With Maria,”
“No, absolutely, and disappointing – but not surprising, Maria,” Marshall said. “When you look at what Joe Biden learned at the feet of Barack Obama, who weaponized the IRS to come after conservatives, conservative groups and religious organizations, and then even during the initial period of COVID where the FBI, rather than using their mission of attacking violent crime, instead were going after parents showing up at school board meetings, looking after the Catholic Church and investigating their activities.”
Marshall said even his office was investigated as a part of the FBI operation.
“Highly disappointing in 2022 when violent crime was on its apex in this country, that rather than attacking that problem that affected public safety, they’re looking at Republican attorneys general like me, Republican governors across our country,” he argued. “Charlie Kirk, turning point, other supporters of President Trump, we shouldn’t be surprised, but yet, really proud of Senator Grassley and Judiciary for exposing this fall to the American people.”
The attorney general praised Grassley for his efforts, and also said he’s glad to see the Trump administration working hard to fix the problems at the FBI and other areas of the federal government.
“I think what we’re going to see is a very active Senate Judiciary Committee diving into the cause and the root of what was going on,” he explained.
“You’ve seen Kash Patel be able to attack the FBI in a way, to be able to rid it of those partisan agents who weren’t doing their job. Look, the American voters took the opportunity to give President Trump a mandate to be able to reshape our government, and he’s doing exactly that.”
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