Attorney General Merrick Garland and ranking Biden administration Justice Department officials signed off on the Arctic Frost investigation, which later evolved into the criminal election interference indictment targeting President Donald Trump, according to a newly declassified memo released Thursday by Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-IA).
The four-page memo, signed by then-FBI Director Chris Wray and dated April 4, 2022, sought Garland’s authorization for a “full sensitive investigative matter” based on “open source reporting and public statements” about alleged “fraudulent certificates of electors” following the 2020 election. Garland approved the request the next day, alongside then-Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco’s handwritten note: “Merrick — I recommend you approve.”
Doj Approval to Open Arctic Frost by reportoftheday
“Proof that Biden Attorney General Merrick Garland + Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco
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