In a call with reporters Monday, the senator also answered questions about the federal budget, the Epstein files and Trump’s deal to import beef from Argentina
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Iowa U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley defended, on the Senate floor and in remarks to reporters, making public the names of FBI employees named in whistleblower reports to his office.
The New York Times magazine reported last month on the first year of the FBI under Kash Patel, including four accounts from mostly former FBI employees who said the department took action against them after Grassley's office made unverified whistleblower complaints against them public.
From the floor of the Senate on Thursday, Grassley called the New York Times reporting biased against whistleblowers, and he said during a call with Iowa reporters on Monday that the New York Times reports "were wrong in so many instances."
"Regarding agents being fired, FBI makes its own personnel decisions," Grassley said. "I make information public so the American people can see how their tax dollars are used, and basically whether you're a private citizen or in government, you have to follow the law."
According to the New York Times, Tonya Ugoretz, the head of intelligence at the FBI, was removed from her position after Grassley's office made public FBI emails between agents who were debating the credibility of a report that contained a secondhand tip that the...
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