{"id":118149,"date":"2026-01-22T17:18:19","date_gmt":"2026-01-22T22:18:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/patel-reveals-bizarre-self-awarded-trophy-former-fbi-officials-made-to-celebrate-trump-probe-118149"},"modified":"2026-01-22T17:18:19","modified_gmt":"2026-01-22T22:18:19","slug":"patel-reveals-bizarre-self-awarded-trophy-former-fbi-officials-made-to-celebrate-trump-probe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/patel-reveals-bizarre-self-awarded-trophy-former-fbi-officials-made-to-celebrate-trump-probe-118149","title":{"rendered":"Patel reveals bizarre \u2018self-awarded\u2019 trophy former FBI officials made to celebrate Trump probe"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>FBI Director <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/person\/kash-patel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Kash Patel<\/a> shared a picture of what he said was a &#8220;self-awarded&#8221; trophy made by former FBI officials to celebrate Operation Arctic Frost \u2013 an investigation launched after the 2020 election, targeting President Donald Trump and his allies.<\/p>\n<p>The bizarre metallic-colored, 3D-printed award featured &#8220;AF&#8221; with a lightening bolt and dollar sign printed along its body and a raised map of the U.S. on its base, which also included miniature buildings and infrastructure. &#8220;CR-15&#8221; was printed along the base. CR-15 is a now-disbanded FBI unit that served as a public corruption squad.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;People ask why I said the old FBI was a diseased temple,&#8221; Patel wrote on X. &#8220;This is what corruption looks like when it thinks no one is watching.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/corruption\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">disbanded CR-15<\/a> and removed the corrupt actors involved,&#8221; he continued. &#8220;So when legacy media cries that President Trump\u2019s FBI fired people and made sweeping changes, I have one response: You\u2019re damn right we did.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/fbi-fires-agents-dismantles-corruption-squad-after-probe-unveils-monitoring-gop-senators-patel-says\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>FBI FIRES AGENTS, DISMANTLES CORRUPTION SQUAD AFTER PROBE UNVEILS MONITORING OF GOP SENATORS, PATEL SAYS<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Patel\u2019s comments come as Republican lawmakers continue to raise alarms about the FBI\u2019s Arctic Frost probe, which later fed into former Special Counsel Jack Smith\u2019s work.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/jack-smith-meeting-then-fbi-director-wray-recorded-significant-case-notification-j6-probe\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>JACK SMITH MEETING WITH THEN-FBI DIRECTOR WRAY RECORDED AS \u2018SIGNIFICANT CASE NOTIFICATION\u2019 IN J6 PROBE<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>In October, Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/person\/chuck-grassley\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa,<\/a> and Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Wis., unveiled 197 subpoenas they said the Biden-era FBI used to seek testimony and documents from hundreds of Republicans and GOP entities.<\/p>\n<p>Johnson called the subpoena list &#8220;nothing short of a Biden administration enemies list,&#8221; arguing Arctic Frost was used to improperly investigate the Republican political apparatus.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/biden-doj-subpoenaed-jim-jordans-phone-records-covering-more-than-two-years\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><u>BIDEN DOJ SUBPOENAED JIM JORDAN&#8217;S PHONE RECORDS COVERING MORE THAN TWO YEARS<\/u><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Smith, whose team used Arctic Frost in mounting charges tied to the 2020 election that were later dismissed after Trump\u2019s victory in 2024, has defended his work and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/key-takeaways-from-jack-smiths-testimony-house-judiciary-committee\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">appeared on Capitol Hill<\/a> to face questions from the House Judiciary Committee.<\/p>\n<p>Republicans have criticized Smith for seeking gag orders against Trump during his presidential campaign, fast-tracking court proceedings, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/jack-smith-tracked-private-communications-calls-nearly-dozen-gop-senators-during-j6-probe-fbi-says\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">subpoenaing records and phone data<\/a> of Trump-aligned individuals and entities \u2013 including members of Congress \u2013 and approving $20,000 in payments to an FBI confidential human source to gather intelligence on Trump, a source familiar told Fox News Digital.<\/p>\n<p><i>Fox News Digital\u2019s Ashley Oliver contributed to this report.<\/i><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/patel-reveals-bizarre-self-awarded-trophy-former-fbi-officials-made-celebrate-trump-probe\">Source &#8211; https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/patel-reveals-bizarre-self-awarded-trophy-former-fbi-officials-made-celebrate-trump-probe <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>FBI Director Kash Patel shared a picture of what he said was a &#8220;self-awarded&#8221; trophy made by former FBI officials to celebrate Operation Arctic Frost [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":{"twitter_2902945987_2902945987":""},"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","footnotes":""},"categories":[16563],"tags":[],"stock_ticker":[],"class_list":["post-118149","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-market-news","entry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - 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