WATCH: Sen. Grassley reveals internal FBI emails in opening remarks at Patel confirmation hearing

Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, on Wednesday described several FBI internal emails that appeared to discuss the early stages of the bureau’s investigation into President Donald Trump and his use of fake electors to overturn the 2020 election. The case would later be code-named “Arctic Frost” and overseen by special counsel Jack Smith.
Grassley, Senate Judiciary Committee chair, was speaking during his opening remarks in the confirmation hearing for Kash Patel, Trump's nominee for FBI director.
Grassley claimed that the documents and emails show that the Justice Department and FBI leadership “acted in concert to further a political scheme to take down Trump.”
A loyal Trump supporter, Patel is a former public defender turned Justice Department prosecutor. He served in Trump’s first term as chief of staff to acting defense secretary Christopher Miller. In interviews, he has said he wants to reduce the size of the national intelligence community, and shut down the FBI’s headquarters in Washington. He’s also repeated the false narrative that Trump won the 2020 election.
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