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Peter Navarro Interviewed
(77WABC) — Former White House trade adviser under former President Donald Trump Peter Navarro claims that he was strip-searched during his arrest last Friday for defying his congressional subpoena from the House Select Committee investigating the January 6 attack. Giving his first interview since he was arrested by federal agents, Navarro told Fox News’ Tucker Carlson about his alleged treatment while in custody.
“Instead, they went with this shock and awe terrorist strategy,” he said. “They let me go to the airport and then take me with five agents, like an Al Qaeda terrorist, rock me into a car and the next thing I know I’m in leg irons, handcuffs, strip-searched.”
Navarro, complained the FBI “chose a different route” instead of coming to him directly to cooperate. During his appearance on Tucker Carlson Tonight, Navarro also claimed that he was subpoenaed “illegally” by the January 6 panel.
Navarro, along with several members of trump’s inner circle, has attempted to cite executive privilege as reasons why they do not have to comply with the January 6 subpoena. The committee’s findings go public during a prime time event Thursday night.
