WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senator John Cornyn participated in a press conference led by Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-IA) and Chairman of the Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations Ron Johnson (R-WI) on the publication of 197 subpoenas from Special Counsel Jack Smith and his team issued as part of a case against President Trump that began at the Biden Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) under the codename “Arctic Frost.” The subpoenas, which were provided to Chairman Grassley through legally protected whistleblower disclosures, requested testimony, communications, and records related to at least 430 named Republican individuals and entities. Excerpts of Sen. Cornyn’s remarks are below, and video can be found here.

“I want to thank Senator Grassley and Senator Johnson for their perseverance…in this investigation.”

“We don’t have the time to go through all of the many ways that the Democratic Party and President Trump’s opponents tried to target him and tried to destroy him.”

“I can’t think of any greater evidence of weaponization than the fact, as you heard from Senator Grassley and Senator Johnson, this extended far beyond President Trump, and extended to President Trump’s supporters.”

“If they would do that to the President of the United States, if they would do this to United States Senators and Members of Congress, what would they do to you?”

“This ought to be a chilling message to each and every American who loves this great country and believes in our constitutional system and equal justice under the law.”