Sen. Josh Hawley told Jesse Watters Primetime that the American people are finally being shown what the Biden-era FBI tried to bury, and he did not mince words. Hawley accused the bureau of colluding with Big Tech to suppress the Hunter Biden materials and to shield political allies of the administration from scrutiny. His furious, plainspoken message captures a growing conservative outrage that law enforcement was turned into a political tool instead of a shield for Americans.
Newly released oversight documents from Senate Republicans make this outrage concrete: the FBI analyzed “tolling data” from the personal cell phones of eight Republican senators as part of the so-called Arctic Frost probe. That metadata review covered calls made during the critical January 4–7, 2021 window and included top GOP lawmakers, exposing a pattern of surveillance that should alarm every defender of civil liberties. This is not theory or partisan talk; it is paper the FBI generated and senators now have on the public record.
Republican investigators have also shown that Arctic Frost was the origin point for the special counsel’s elector case, with whistleblower disclosures alleging the investigation was pushed by anti-Trump agents inside the bureau. The timeline and emails released by Sens. Grassley and Johnson paint a picture of politicized predication and coordination that funneled into federal prosecutions against conservatives. For decades Americans trusted the FBI to be apolitical; what these records show is a betrayal of that trust and a perversion of justice.
Worse still, whistleblowers say Biden White House officials personally assisted FBI efforts, even helping secure government phones from President Trump and Vice President Pence before Trump was formally a subject. If true, that is the kind of White House-Justice Department entanglement our founders warned against—bureaucrats and political operatives weaponizing law enforcement to pick winners and losers. Conservatives who believe in accountability are rightly demanding every document and communication be uncovered so Americans can see who authorized this partisan crusade.
The response from the new FBI leadership has been dramatic—Director Kash Patel announced personnel actions, an internal probe, and the folding of the CR-15 public corruption squad that played a role in Arctic Frost. Those moves are the direct result of Republican oversight exposing what looks an awful lot like institutional rot, and they should be the start of a full reckoning, not the end. Trust in federal law enforcement must be rebuilt by sweeping out politicized actors and restoring the bureau’s mission to protect the American people, not persecute their political representatives.
Sen. Hawley and other conservatives are demanding declassification, subpoenas, and criminal referrals if misconduct is found, and they should not be brushed off with platitudes. This is about rule of law, equal justice, and whether bureaucrats will answer to the people for abusing their power. Congress must finish what it started: force the release of every relevant record, hold public hearings, and let hardworking Americans judge the deep state for themselves until accountability is achieved.
