{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.ronjohnson.senate.gov/2025/10/video-release-sens-johnson-grassley-expose-arctic-frost-witch-hunt-targeting-430-republicans", "***VIDEO RELEASE*** Sens. Johnson, Grassley, Expose \u201cArctic Frost\u201d Witch Hunt Targeting 430 Republicans", "2025-10-30", "2025", "2025-10", "Republican", "Senate", "WI", "Ron Johnson", "J000293", "www.ronjohnson.senate.gov", "ronjohnson", "https://www.ronjohnson.senate.gov/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON \u2013 Yesterday, Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations Chairman Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) joined Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) for a press conference regarding the release of 197 subpoenas issued by Special Counsel Jack Smith as part of a case against President Trump. The investigation, launched by Joe Biden\u2019s Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and codenamed \u201cArctic Frost,\u201d sought testimony, communications, and records related to at least 430 Republican individuals and entities. The subpoenas were obtained by Chairman Grassley through legally protected whistleblower disclosures.\n\n\u201cMy first point is we need more whistleblowers. We need people, men and women, inside these agencies who have integrity, who want to see the integrity and credibility of the Department of Justice, of the FBI, restored, come forward. Because right now, I think Kash Patel and Pam Bondi are overwhelmed by all the messes they're trying to clean up,\u201d Sen. Johnson stated.\n\n\u201cPeople need to understand how politicized the Biden administration turned all these agencies. And again, the best way to describe President Biden's attitude were his exact quotes, how he thought basically half of America were domestic terrorists. In September 2022, in front of Independence Hall, he said, \u2018Donald Trump and the MAGA Republicans represent an extremism that threatens the very foundation of our republic.\u2019 A year later, in New York City, \u2018Donald Trump and his MAGA Republicans are determined to destroy American democracy.\u2019 Now nothing could be further from the truth,\u201d Sen. Johnson continued.\n\n\u201cThe American people need to understand exactly what happened. And again, I'm calling on members of the Judiciary Committee to help Senator Grassley and myself get to the bottom of this so we can expose this. So this doesn't happen again in America,\u201d Sen. Johnson concluded.\n\nSen. Johnson\u2019s remarks can be found here. Watch the full press conference here.\n\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T19:32:54Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://www.ronjohnson.senate.gov/2025/10/video-release-sens-johnson-grassley-expose-arctic-frost-witch-hunt-targeting-430-republicans"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.7526918090879917, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}