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Peter Navarro: FBI Intercepted Me Getting on the Plane, Put Me in John Hinckley’s Cell

‘They put me in handcuffs, bring me here, stick me in a cell’
By Grabien Staff

TRANSCRIPT:

NAVARRO: "What did they do? They didn’t call me. I spoke to the FBI agent who had arrested me. I spoke to him Wednesday night.  I said, 'Walter, whatever you need. You don’t have to come banging on my door like you did last week getting me out of bed. I’m here to cooperate.' What did they do? I was on my way to Nashville today to do a TV appearance with Mike Huckabee‘s show, all right? And instead of coming to my door where I live, which by the way is right next to the FBI, instead of calling me and say, 'Hey, we need you down in court, we’ve got a warrant for you,' I would have gladly come. What did they do? They intercepted me getting on the plane. Then they put me in handcuffs, they bring me here, they put me in leg irons, they stick me in a cell. By the way, this historical moment, I was in John Hinckley's cell. They seemed to think that was an important historical note. That is punitive. What they did to me today violated the Constitution. In my lawsuit, in my lawsuit, I discuss going back to Nixon, GSA and other cases —"

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