Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley on Thursday slammed the New York Times over its reporting on whistleblowers, which he claimed intended to discredit real whistleblowers who were shedding light on misconduct.

Grassley said the series of reports, which were done by New York Times reporters Glenn Thrush, Alan Feuer and Adam Goldman, date back to 2023 when Goldman wrote a report that was "designed to undermine my exposure of former FBI agent [Timothy] Thibault’s political conduct."

"Goldman wrote his article before knowing all the facts," Grassley claimed during floor remarks. "For one, Thibault was found to have violated the Hatch Act for anti-Trump political conduct at work. Second, Goldman’s article didn’t account for emails I released last year showing Thibault violated the FBI’s rules in opening and advancing Arctic Frost."

Grassley said another article from last year attempted to dismiss Arctic Frost concerns by stating the FBI "took normal bureaucratic steps and precautions” when looking into the case. 

"Was this supposed to be an opinion piece on behalf of terminated FBI agents or a real news article?" Grassley questioned. "Normal steps weren’t taken."

The senator admitted that the House and Senate are now receiving oversight documents they requested years ago, but that the production was because of cooperation from the Trump administration.

"To Attorney General [Pam] Bondi and [FBI] Director [Kash] Patel’s credit, they’ve done better in that regard than any of their predecessors," Grassley said. "Am I fully satisfied? Of course not. But Bondi and Patel deserve credit, and if the Biden administration had done the same, I’d give them credit, too."

Grassley also slammed the New York Times for its coverage of the Mar-a-Lago raid, accusing the outlet of mischaracterizing his post that the raid was a "miscarriage of justice," because it did not include his full comment.

The senator additionally claimed the outlet accused his trusted whistleblowers of violating the law by disclosing subpoenas from Jack Smith, which they shared with Congress and not the media. 

"To my whistleblowers: I’ll defend you. I’ll protect you. And I’ll continue to make public the records you’ve given me," he said. "To the New York Times, 'shame' isn’t a strong enough word to describe these unprofessional articles."

Misty Severi is a news reporter for Just The News. You can follow her on X for more coverage.