On November 4, 2025, Rep. Brandon Gill said he filed articles of impeachment against U.S. District Judge James E. Boasberg, arguing the judge approved nondisclosure orders tied to the Justice Department’s ‘Arctic Frost’ investigation into efforts by Donald Trump and allies to overturn the 2020 election. The announcement followed new disclosures from Senate Republicans about wide‑ranging subpoenas in the probe and fresh claims by Attorney General Pam Bondi about Trump’s government phone.
Rep. Brandon Gill (R‑Tex.) announced Tuesday that he filed impeachment articles against Chief Judge James E. Boasberg of the U.S. District Court for D.C., alleging Boasberg signed “frivolous” nondisclosure orders (NDOs) that concealed surveillance of sitting lawmakers during the Justice Department’s ‘Arctic Frost’ investigation. Gill publicized the move on X and in statements to conservative outlets. A previous Gill impeachment resolution targeting Boasberg was introduced on March 18, 2025, and remains in committee. (dailywire.com)
At the center of Gill’s new push are secrecy orders associated with subpoenas served on telecom providers during ‘Arctic Frost.’ Correspondence and carrier statements reported by Just The News indicate that Verizon received a grand‑jury subpoena for numbers linked to a dozen lawmakers and complied under a court‑ordered NDO, while AT&T raised objections; both companies were subject to nondisclosure orders signed by Judge Boasberg, according to those reports. Republican senators have similarly cited Boasberg‑approved NDOs in letters to carriers. (justthenews.com)
Attorney General Pam Bondi amplified GOP criticism, saying on X that investigators in the special counsel’s office had seized President Trump’s government‑issued phone and subpoenaed his personal phone records—an action she called “unprecedented.” Her claim dovetails with records released by Senate Judiciary leaders showing that in spring 2022—months before Jack Smith was appointed special counsel—the FBI took possession of two government phones previously assigned to Trump and former Vice President Mike Pence and entered them into evidence, with related toll information obtained from Verizon. (dailywire.com)
Newly public materials championed by Senate Judiciary Committee Chair Chuck Grassley outline the sweep of ‘Arctic Frost’: 197 subpoenas sent to 34 individuals and 163 businesses, seeking records related to at least 430 Republican individuals and entities—including communications with media organizations and with “any member, employee or agent of the Legislative Branch.” GOP senators also say the FBI analyzed call‑log metadata for at least eight Republican senators and one House member in 2023; the Associated Press similarly reported that more than a half‑dozen GOP lawmakers’ phone records were reviewed. (judiciary.senate.gov)
Some of the lawmakers named by Grassley include Sens. Marsha Blackburn (Tenn.), Cynthia Lummis (Wyo.), Ron Johnson (Wis.), Tommy Tuberville (Ala.), Dan Sullivan (Alaska), Josh Hawley (Mo.), Bill Hagerty (Tenn.), Lindsey Graham (S.C.), and Rep. Mike Kelly (Pa.). Blackburn called the episode “one of the worst examples of government weaponization in American history,” in a post on X highlighted by conservative media. (grassley.senate.gov)
From the White House lectern, Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt criticized the revelations about the Biden‑era investigation as “egregious overreach and weaponization,” a comment captured in Tuesday’s briefing and circulated by partisan outlets. (dailywire.com)
Context for ‘Arctic Frost’ continues to emerge in a new book by Washington Post reporters Carol Leonnig and Aaron C. Davis, Injustice, published Tuesday. The authors report that an investigator at the National Archives, Waleska McLellan, flagged the appearance of coordinated fake‑elector certificates in December 2020 and urged Justice Department prosecutors to examine them—an early thread that later fed into federal inquiries. (penguinrandomhouse.com)
No federal Trump election‑interference case reached a jury before the 2024 election. Legal analysts and court filings point to a combination of factors, including the Supreme Court’s ruling recognizing broad presidential immunity for official acts and the resulting remands and reconsiderations that slowed the D.C. case timeline. Reporting also describes Attorney General Merrick Garland’s caution about overt politicization as contributing to a slower investigative pace. (reuters.com)
As for impeachment, the House has not acted on Gill’s March resolution against Boasberg; a separate March 31, 2025 resolution by Rep. Andy Biggs (R‑Ariz.) also remains in the Judiciary Committee. Gill’s office says the November 4 filing is a new effort focused on ‘Arctic Frost’ secrecy orders, but as of Tuesday evening it did not yet appear on Congress.gov. (congress.gov)