Sen. Chuck Grassley implored President Donald Trump's social media manager to show the president the Iowa Republican's tweets, particularly those regarding the importance of protecting federal government whistleblowers.

On Saturday, Grassley tweeted a reminder that discouraging whistleblowing leads to corruption and inefficiency, and in order for Trump to fulfill his campaign promise to "drain the swap," he needed to protect government employees who speak out against suspected wrongdoing.

MaryGraham in"Presidents'Secrets" says govt classification is used 2conceal blunders,protect careers&buttress agency goalsSO DRAIN THE SWAMP — ChuckGrassley (@ChuckGrassley) February 11, 2017

Grassley then directly appealed to the White House on a series of government accountability issues, including the overclassification of government documents and protecting whistleblowers.

Whoever monitors twitter at WH for Pres Trump get on subject of my immediate tweet and stop overclassification & start declassifying — ChuckGrassley (@ChuckGrassley) February 11, 2017

Whoever monitors twitter at WH for President Trump read my previous 2tweets and hv this businessman understand TRANSPARENCY=ACCOUNTABILITY — ChuckGrassley (@ChuckGrassley) February 11, 2017

Whoever monitors twitter at the WH 4PresTrump to tell the businessman this tool will DRAIN THE SWAMP IF HE ALSO WII PROTECT WHISTLEBLOWERS — ChuckGrassley (@ChuckGrassley) February 11, 2017

Grassley resumed his tweetstorm Sunday morning, asking the president to hold Russian President Vladimir Putin accountable for what he characterized as jailing and killing political opponents, a common occurrence in Russia in which the Kremlin denies being directly involved.

Whoever monitors twitter at WH tell Pres Trump to ask Putin"What do u hv agst ElectionOpponents bc they are killed/imprisoned/poisoned?" — ChuckGrassley (@ChuckGrassley) February 12, 2017

Grassley also used to platform to ask, on behalf of his wife, when White House tours were set to resume.

Whoever monitors twitter at WH for businessman president Trump "when is WH going to be opened for public tours?" Mrs G wants to know — ChuckGrassley (@ChuckGrassley) February 12, 2017

Over the past week, Grassley appeared to be searching for avenues to pressure the president to protect whistleblowers within the new administration.

“Assuming Trump reads your stories, or somebody there reads your stories, tell them that they’ve got to deal with Chuck Grassley if they don’t treat whistleblowers right," he told Roll Call in an article published this week.

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