The newly revealed FBI memo that authorized the Biden-era Arctic Frost investigation into former President Donald Trump and several of his political allies is raising serious questions among former federal prosecutors, legal analysts, and retired FBI officials.
According to experts who reviewed the document, the memo lacked strong supporting evidence, relied on speculative sources, and contained several procedural weaknesses that would ordinarily fall short of triggering such a far-reaching federal probe.
The Arctic Frost investigation was launched in the spring of 2022, roughly the same period in which Trump publicly announced his intention to run for…