{"id":708523,"date":"2026-06-17T00:51:09","date_gmt":"2026-06-17T00:51:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/708523\/"},"modified":"2026-06-17T00:51:09","modified_gmt":"2026-06-17T00:51:09","slug":"icymi-grassley-joins-the-washington-tim","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/708523\/","title":{"rendered":"ICYMI: Grassley Joins The Washington Tim…"},"content":{"rendered":"

WASHINGTON \u2013 Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) sat down with Alex Swoyer of The Washington Times to discuss his Arctic Frost oversight<\/a> and longtime advocacy for whistleblowers. Grassley also discussed the importance of reauthorizing the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA), the judicial confirmations process and more.<\/p>\n

Watch the full interview HERE<\/a>. Excerpts follow.<\/p>\n

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VIDEO<\/a><\/p>\n

On Grassley\u2019s Arctic Frost oversight<\/a>:<\/p>\n

\u201c[Arctic Frost was an] attempt was to make sure that not only was President Trump never president again, but that he would be ruined economically, socially and politically, and he\u2019d end up in prison…<\/p>\n

\u201cThe most troubling thing is how sweeping this investigation was, and the issuing of subpoenas to 400 different Republican entities or individuals<\/a>, by a Judge Boasberg… The total amount ought to bring attention to him. [H]e\u2019s a judge \u2013 he’s got to know the Constitution. He\u2019s got to know the speech [or] debate clause…<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s just an abuse of a special counsel; it’s ignorance on the part of the judge that participated in it and it’s just a total denial of constitutional rights.\u201d<\/p>\n

On accountability for Arctic Frost<\/a>, Jack Smith<\/a> and Judge Boasberg<\/a>:<\/p>\n

“Of course, we don’t prosecute in Congress \u2013 that’s done in the executive branch. As one senator, I would expect that prosecution be done where these injustices have been done…<\/p>\n

\u201cI can tell you that when we get all the documentation that we need, so we can have a thorough meeting with [Jack Smith] and he can’t mislead us in any way \u2013 before the end of the year he’s going to be before our committee…<\/p>\n

\u201cI think I should wait until the evidence is presented to me before I say I\u2019d vote for impeachment or not vote for impeachment [of Judge Boasberg], but I’m not questioning the House doing what they’re doing. I think they ought to do their job, and I think there’s reasons why they ought to at least consider [impeachment proceedings for] Boasberg.\u201d<\/p>\n

On threats to judges and the 2022 Supreme Court Dobbs leak<\/a>:<\/p>\n

\u201cObviously there should be accountability when you’re threatening any judge [or] Supreme Court Justice…<\/p>\n

\u201cI hope that [the executive branch is] following up and making sure that the people that leaked the Dobbs [v. Jackson Women\u2019s Health Organization] case, that they’re prosecuted. If you don’t get some justice from it and some prosecution from it, you’re saying to other leakers in the Supreme Court, \u2018It’s okay to leak.\u2019 And the leaks were done to embarrass people not approving of the Dobbs case, and I\u2019m kind of surprised that it didn’t affect [the outcome].\u201d<\/p>\n

On the need to reauthorize FISA<\/a>:<\/p>\n

\u201cI hope…we can get the Democrat votes we need, because if we don’t pass FISA, our national security is going to be in jeopardy<\/a>…<\/p>\n

\u201cFor instance, we know what [FISA] did when [Taylor] Swift was in Austria \u2013 Austrian officials got information from [the U.S.] that came through [FISA Section] 702, and they canceled [her concert]. If it hadn’t been canceled, several people \u2013 maybe several hundreds of people \u2013 could have been hurt as a result of that, or even killed because of the result of that.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt proves, just that one example, that information we get through FISA inquiries [is critical], and it protects totally the constitutional rights of American citizens \u2013 American citizens here [and] American citizens overseas. The only thing [FISA] affects is people that want to hurt America that haven’t been on American soil, and we ought to have that information. That’s why FISA\u2019s so important.\u201d<\/p>\n

On protecting and empowering whistleblowers<\/a>:<\/p>\n

\u201cI’m a protector of whistleblowers. That doesn’t mean every whistleblower that comes to me I’m going to believe, but we investigate \u2013 and I find almost all of them have a worthy cause [Whistleblowers] are treated like skunks at a picnic at their agency, or wherever they are, and they need to be protected.<\/p>\n

\u201cSo, these people in the Democrat House of Representatives<\/a> that are finding fault with what I did \u2013 all I was doing was getting justice that [the whistleblowers were] entitled to<\/a>. In other words, we got [whistleblowers] their job back, if they wanted it back. If they didn’t want their job back… [we got them] their pay, or some of them really wanted their national security [clearances] reinstated, so that they can practice their profession.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey’re entitled to it, because whistleblowers are nothing but patriotic Americans. All they want the government to do is follow the law, spend the money. All they’re convicted of when they become a whistleblower, is telling the truth…<\/p>\n

\u201cI’ll bet you I get 85 or 90% of my ideas for oversight from whistleblowers… [Democrats] didn’t like it, because a lot of things [the whistleblowers] were squealing on [included] the Democrat [weaponization] against their enemies, and…the injustice that President Trump got under [Jack] Smith.\u201d<\/p>\n

On the judicial confirmation pace<\/a>:<\/p>\n

\u201cI can tell you this \u2013 just as soon as there’s a vacancy and [the Judiciary Committee gets] the name, it’s got priority with us, and it should have priority with us… Last year, we processed more judges than any time since 1981.\u201d<\/p>\n

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