Grassley built a reputation for government oversight. Now he is just another Trump bootlicker.

His epitaph should read: "Here lies another Trump bootlicker"

https://apnews.com/article/grassley-whistleblowers-oversight-trump-hillary-clinton-45c4b936bfc758a0cc35dccfe9058206

Grassley built a reputation for government oversight. Has he abandoned it under Trump?
By JOSHUA GOODMAN, JIM MUSTIAN and ERIC TUCKER
Updated 7:03 AM CST, December 13, 2025

WASHINGTON (AP) — As President Donald Trump’s top law enforcement officials were firing and forcing out waves of Justice Department veterans, Sen. Chuck Grassley denounced a “political infection” that had poisoned FBI leadership.

The Iowa Republican was not criticizing FBI Director Kash Patel or Attorney General Pam Bondi. In a July statement, he directed his ire at the FBI’s “extreme lack of effort” in investigating Democrat Hillary Clinton’s use of a private email server as secretary of state a decade ago.

Trump loyalists have roiled the Justice Department, shattering norms and leading to a mass exodus of veteran officials, but the 92-year-old chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee has remained focused on the past.

Critics say Grassley’s reluctance to challenge the Trump administration has even extended to a defining issue: His support for whistleblowers making claims of fraud, waste and abuse.

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