to drag (poss) name through the [mire, mud]
to drag through the mud
Contexto
Among them is a case in which Khalfan offers to assist a German national, Dietrich Herzog, to clandestinely acquire diamonds from top government officials using the back door.
Although Khalfan does not deny authoring some of the cited emails, he still insists the scribes, in their reportage, were all out to drag his name through the mire.