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Grassley releases memo showing DOJ ‘unleashed unchecked government power’ on Trump associates

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Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, on Thursday released an April 2022 Justice Department memo showing then-Attorney General Merrick Garland, then-Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco, and then-FBI Director Christopher Wray personally approved an FBI investigation into alleged efforts by Trump campaign associates to obstruct Congress’ certification of the 2020 election.
Grassley posted the four-page memorandum on X, saying it proves top Biden administration officials «personally approved» the case — which he referred to as «Arctic Frost» — and that it «unleashed unchecked government power at the highest levels.»
The Iowa Republican added, «My oversight will continue.»
The April 2022 memo, signed by Garland, Monaco, and Wray, authorized the FBI’s Washington Field Office to open what the bureau designated a «Sensitive Investigative Matter.» The document details the FBI’s request to examine whether individuals connected to Donald Trump’s 2020 campaign conspired to obstruct Congress’ certification of the Electoral College on Jan. 6, 2021.
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«Following the 2020 Presidential and Vice Presidential election, in an apparent effort to obstruct Congress’s certification of Electoral College, fraudulent certificates of electors’ votes were submitted to the Archivist of the United States, purporting to represent the actual elector votes from the states of Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, Nevada, and Wisconsin,» the executive summary reads. «Open source reporting and public statements made by individuals closely associated with Donald J. Trump, Inc. (Trump Campaign) present an articulable factual basis indicating the existence of a federal crime, and thus the FBI seeks to open a full investigation.
«Because this investigation involves a SIM as set forth in the Department of Justice memorandum dated February 5, 2020, entitled ‘Additional Requirements for Opening of Certain Sensitive Investigations’ (DOJ Memo), your authorization is required before WFO may initiate this full investigation,» the document continued.
Monaco wrote at the bottom of the document, «Merrick- I recommend you approve,» before initialing and dating it 4/5/22. Garland ultimately signed off on the investigation on the same day.
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Sen. Chuck Grassley released a memo from former FBI Director Christopher Wray to former Attorney General Merrick Garland to open an investigation into the Trump Campaign in April 2022, for allegedly attempting to interfere with Congress’ certification of the 2020 election. (Samuel Corum-Pool, Anna Moneymaker and Anna Moneymaker via Getty Images)
The authorization came more than a year after the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot and months before now-former Special Counsel Jack Smith was appointed to oversee related investigations. The memo appears to document an early stage of the Justice Department’s examination of the so-called «fake electors» effort that became a focus of Smith’s probe.
In 2023, Smith subpoenaed phone records belonging to eight Republican senators and one House member, covering a four-day period — Jan. 4 to Jan. 7, 2021 — to examine call activity around the Capitol riot. The subpoenas did not seek call content but instead listed numbers, dates and durations.
The targeted senators included Republican Sens. Marsha Blackburn of Tennessee, Josh Hawley of Missouri and Lindsey Graham of South Carolina.
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Jack Smith, U.S. special counsel, speaks during a news conference in Washington, D.C., on Tuesday, Aug. 1, 2023. (Al Drago/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
In addition to the eight senators, Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, told Fox News’ Sean Hannity Tuesday that he recently discovered Smith also attempted to subpoena his toll records but that his phone company, AT&T, did not hand them over.
Smith said the records were narrowly tailored and «entirely proper,» adding they were meant to support his investigation into Trump’s alleged efforts to subvert the 2020 election results.

Senator Chuck Grassley, a Republican from Iowa and chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, speaks during a hearing in Washington, DC, US, on Tuesday, Sept. 16, 2025 (Al Drago/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
His lawyers wrote to Grassley, saying the subpoenas complied with Justice Department policy and were routine.
Republicans have broadly claimed they were inappropriately spied on and compared Arctic Frost to the Watergate scandal. Smith’s lawyers emphasized the normalcy of seeking phone records and said public officials are not immune from investigation.
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Smith’s attorneys also disputed accusations from FBI Director Kash Patel that the subpoenas were hidden, noting the requests were referenced in a footnote of Smith’s final report and shared with Trump’s defense team in discovery.
Fox News Digital’s Ashley Oliver contributed to this report.
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Cliff-hanger: Ciattarelli, Sherrill claim upper hand in crucial New Jersey showdown for governor

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BELLEVILLE, N.J. – As the competitive and combustible race for New Jersey governor barrels towards a possible photo finish, both major party nominees are playing up the positives.
«Our polling’s looking good. I think we’re feeling really good right now,» Democratic nominee Rep. Mikie Sherrill touted as she spoke with Fox News Digital after headlining a major party gathering this week in this northern New Jersey township.
But with a week and a half to go until Election Day, the latest public opinion polls in one of only two races for governor in the nation this year suggest that Republican nominee Jack Ciattarelli is narrowing the gap with Sherrill in one of only two races for governor this year across the country.
«I think we’re in a great position,» Ciattarelli said in a Fox News interview after a diner stop in Linden, N.J.
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In a state where registered Democrats still outnumber Republicans despite a GOP surge in registration this decade, four public opinion polls released over the past two weeks — from Fox News, Quinnipiac University, Fairleigh Dickinson University and Rutgers-Eagleton — indicated Ciattarelli tightening the margins with Sherrill in the race to succeed the term-limited Democratic Gov. Phil Murphy. Other public and internal surveys suggest a margin of error contest.
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«As you know, many of these polls have a dead heat. And that’s in a state in which Republicans typically under poll because we are the minority party,» Ciattarelli said. «And when you have the endorsement of Democratic mayors across the state, it says people want change. That’s exactly what we’re going to deliver when we win this race.»
Ciattarelli, who has crisscrossed the campaign trail in the Garden State this summer and autumn, has drawn energetic crowds at his stops during the closing stretch of the campaign. And with early voting about to get underway, he’s urging his supporters to cast their ballots.
Jack Ciattarelli, the Republican nominee for governor in New Jersey, speaks to supporters at a diner in Saddle Brook, N.J. on Oct. 15, 2025 (Paul Steinhauser/Fox News)
«Early voting starts this Saturday. We turn out, we win. Let’s finish strong,» he urged.
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President Donald Trump will hold a tele-rally with Ciattarelli ahead of Election Day. And also helping him make sure low propensity Trump supporters vote during an off-election year when the president isn’t on the ballot have been some top MAGA stars, including Ohio gubernatorial candidate and former White House contender Vivek Ramaswamy and Rep. Byron Donalds, the top candidate for Florida governor next year.
«Jack’s been running a great campaign. I’ve been watching it from down in the Sunshine State. But it’s about winning. We got to help everybody get across the line,» Donalds told Fox News.

New Jersey Republican gubernatorial nominee Jack Ciattarelli, left, is joined by GOP Rep. Byron Donalds of Florida at a diner in Linden, N.J. (Paul Steinhauser/Fox News )
Former Rahway, N.J. GOP chair Patrick Cassio, who was at the Ciattarelli-Donalds diner stop in Linden, told Fox News that «a lot of Trump voters do not vote for anybody else, so getting guys out that they like will get them out to vote.»
And he noted that «four years ago, 400,000 Republicans didn’t vote. So, think about that. He [Ciattarelli] picks up half of that, he wins. The math is pretty simple.»
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Ciattarelli, who’s making his third straight run for Garden State governor, and who nearly upset Murphy four years ago, says things are different this time around.
«Because of the closeness of that race in ’21, people are paying closer attention this time around,» Ciattarelli said.

Rep. Mikell Sherrill of New Jersey, the Democratic gubernatorial nominee, speaks at a news conference on Oct. 13, 2025 in Clifton, N.J. (Mikie Sherrill campaign)
But Sherrill criticized her Republican rival as a «kind of a perennial candidate.»
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Sherrill, a U.S. Naval Academy graduate who flew helicopters during her military service and who was first elected to Congress in 2018, is also enjoying plenty of company on the campaign trail. Last weekend she was joined by Govs. Gretchen Whitmer of Michigan and Wes Moore of Maryland — who are considered potential 2028 White House contenders. And former Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg and Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro, two more potential presidential candidates, are on deck.

Democratic gubernatorial nominee Rep. Mikie of New Jersey, left, teams up on the campaign trail with Maryland Gov. Wes Moore, in Newark, N.J. on Oct. 19, 2025. (Mikie Sherrill campaign )
And Sherrill’s campaign announced this week that the most popular Democrat in the country — former President Barack Obama — will headline a rally with her in Newark on Nov. 1, the final weekend before Election Day.
While Sherrill has faced criticism by Republicans and some political pundits for a lack of energy on the campaign trail, she pointed to her get-out-the-vote operation.
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«We’re seeing great returns on the vote by mails. We’ll start early voting the 25th, which we’re really excited about. We’re seeing a ton of energy on the ground,» she told Fox News.
And Sherrill touted that her campaign has «the biggest volunteer field program that anyone in New Jersey has ever run… We are getting the right doors, and I’m really excited about what we’re gonna see.»
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Por qué el ataque de cinco hembras bonobo a un macho desconcierta a los expertos

Cinco hembras de bonobo atacaron a un macho adulto, identificado como Hugo, en el parque nacional de Salonga, en la República Democrática del Congo. La agresión fue observada sin que ningún congénere interviniera.
El ataque, registrado por integrantes del Proyecto Bonobo Luikotale, se extendió durante 25 minutos. Este incidente desató debates en la comunidad científica por la intensidad y organización del linchamiento.
Los científicos que documentaron el hecho informaron que Hugo intentó protegerse en el suelo, mientras las hembras lo golpearon, mordieron y le causaron múltiples lesiones graves. La agresión comenzó con una explosión de vocalizaciones que alertó al equipo de observadores.
Según precisó la investigación publicada en la revista Current Biology, al llegar, encontraron a Hugo tendido boca abajo, rodeado por Polly, Tao, Ngola, Djulie y Bella, las cinco hembras adultas que lo atacaron de forma alternada.
Los especialistas detallaron que las agresoras lo pisotearon, mordieron la cabeza, el cuello, las extremidades y le provocaron heridas profundas en el rostro, los labios y las cejas.
Al final de la paliza, Hugo perdió gran parte de su pelo en la cabeza, los hombros y la espalda. Sufrió también la pérdida de falanges en los pies y daños severos en las manos, los genitales y el cuello.

Según los investigadores, el resto de los bonobos del grupo observó el episodio en silencio y a distancia. Nadie intentó ayudar o mediar, lo que resultó inquietante para los primatólogos especializados en la especie.
En los días previos, se registró que Hugo había ejercido un comportamiento agresivo hacia la cría de Bella, la más joven de las hembras participantes. Este antecedente motivó interrogantes sobre un posible motivo de defensa colectiva por parte de las hembras.
De acuerdo a National Geographic, el bonobo, conocido como Pan paniscus, es una de las especies más cercanas al ser humano. Suelen habitar zonas remotas y selváticas del Congo, lo que dificulta estudios extensivos y directos sobre su comportamiento.

Hasta hace algunos años, se les consideraba primates excepcionalmente pacíficos, propensos a resolver conflictos a través de interacciones sociales y prácticas sexuales, más que mediante agresiones.
La evidencia tradicional mostraba que el sexo entre bonobos cumplía funciones sociales: alivio de tensiones, bienvenida de miembros nuevos o fortalecimiento de vínculos, reduciendo así la violencia directa.
Estudios previos, como los realizados por el primatólogo Frans de Wall, documentaban que los bonobos, a diferencia de los chimpancés, practicaban la reconciliación tras una disputa en vez de formar coaliciones violentas o participar en guerras entre grupos.

Sin embargo, investigaciones más recientes describieron casos en los que los bonobos exhiben conductas agresivas, incluso superiores en frecuencia a los chimpancés, especialmente cuando se trata de machos.
La comunidad científica señala que el liderazgo social dentro de los grupos de bonobos lo ocupan principalmente las hembras. Ellas desarrollan relaciones complejas, donde el fortalecimiento de alianzas influye en la estabilidad del grupo.
El reciente estudio, basado en observaciones sistemáticas y prolongadas, estima que hasta el 85% de las coaliciones violentas orientadas al dominio de los machos son protagonizadas por las hembras.

Los recursos compartidos y la protección de las crías juegan un papel central en la estructura social y en la toma de decisiones para emplear la violencia como mecanismo de control o sanción. La razón por la que las hembras de bonobo, habitualmente asociadas a vínculos sociales, deciden emplear la agresión sigue en estudio.
Los autores del artículo en Current Biology sostienen que la consolidación del estatus dominante y el fortalecimiento de los lazos pueden traer ventajas inmediatas, como la defensa de recursos, y de largo plazo, como la prevención del infanticidio.
El infanticidio, frecuente entre otras especies, suele beneficiar a los machos, ya que incrementa su éxito reproductivo. Sin embargo, en el caso de los bonobos, las hembras recurren a la violencia para proteger a sus crías y sostener la cohesión del grupo.

Durante el ataque, Hugo se mantuvo pasivo y no intentó huir. Las lesiones sufridas incluyeron cortes profundos, mutilaciones y pérdida de piel.
El informe señala que no se lo volvió a ver en los 150 días posteriores al evento, lo que sugiere que probablemente falleció por las heridas.
Este caso desafía el retrato tradicional de los bonobos como una especie eminentemente pacífica. Aunque la evidencia científica refuerza que la resolución de conflictos mediante la sexualidad mantiene su lugar central en la vida social de la especie, aumenta el número de estudios que describen el uso de la violencia por parte de hembras para mantener el equilibrio interno del grupo.

La agresión de cinco hembras de bonobo a un macho adulto bajo la mirada impasible del grupo, sin intervención de ningún individuo, revela una complejidad social más profunda de lo que se creía.
El hecho de que la violencia pueda surgir en sistemas regidos por redes sociales sólidas y estructuras matriarcales pone en foco la necesidad de continuar investigando los factores que influyen en el comportamiento social de nuestros parientes más cercanos.
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