FBI cuffs, shackles Trump adviser Peter Navarro, arrested for not bowing to Jan 6 committee: ‘It’s terrorism, it’s coercion’

 

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Former Trump adviser Dr. Peter Navarro was outrageously arrested and handcuffed at a Washington, D.C.-area airport just one day after vowing to help Republicans impeach President Joe Biden.

“They responded with effectively the same kind of thing you’d see in Stalin’s Russia or the Chinese Communist Party,” Navarro told reporters outside the courtroom on Friday. “I note interestingly for the record, the only two people that have been indicted on criminal charges are me and Steve Bannon.”

“There was no reason on God’s good Earth for what they did today to an American citizen. That did not have to happen. It’s terrorism, it’s coercion. There’s no excuse for what they did today. America needs to know this,” he raged.

Navarro was traveling from D.C. to Nashville, Tennessee when the FBI slapped handcuffs on him and took him into custody, ostensibly attempting to send a message by embarrassing him publicly over defying the January 6 select committee.

“I told them [to] contact an individual that would discuss this matter. What did they do? They didn’t call me. I spoke to the FBI agent that 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?” Navarro recounted.

“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, stick me in a cell,” he charged.

“Their mission, their clear mission, is to prevent Donald John Trump from running for president in 2024 and being elected president,” he said, asserting that the Jan. 6 committee had weaponized the DOJ. “People like me are in their way and they’re not coming for me, they’re coming for you. All 74 million of you who voted for Donald John Trump.”

Navarro has informed a judge that he does not need an attorney and that he intends to represent himself.

“A federal grand jury has indicted former Trump White House adviser Peter Navarro for contempt of Congress after he refused to cooperate in the House January 6 committee’s investigation,” CNN reported.

“During a court appearance in Washington, DC, on Friday, Navarro said that he still wants to represent himself without a lawyer and accused prosecutors of using ‘hardball’ tactics by arresting him at an airport and not allowing him to make a phone call,” the media outlet continued.

The judge in Navarro’s case, Zia Faruqui, expressed concern on Friday that Navarro intends to represent himself in court, “I think it’s important that you have counsel.”

In response, the former Trump adviser said he would accept the judge appointing counsel “for today” and explained that he sent prosecutors an email with an attorney contact listed.

“The arraignment should be postponed for a number of reasons,” Navarro argued and then requested that his civil lawsuit against the House January 6 committee proceed before any criminal proceedings take place.

CNN reports that Navarro is facing two contempt charges. One for his failure to produce documents demanded by the committee and the other for failing to show up for subpoenaed testimony before House investigators.

The arrest coincidentally comes just one day after Navarro vowed to help impeach President Joe Biden if Republicans retake the House in 2022.

MSNBC host John Heilemann, who was filling in for Nicolle Wallace on “Deadline: White House,” aired his disdain for Navarro during his segment on Friday. He called the former adviser’s railing against the federal government “bug-eyed gibberish” and cut away from Navarro’s comments to the press following his arrest.

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“I am a devotee of breaking news as much as anyone, but there is only so much bug-eyed gibberish that we can tolerate here. And that is mostly what we’re hearing from Peter Navarro, who has talked in those few minutes we saw on camera about John Hinckley, who claimed Nancy Pelosi was on his side about the 1/6 committee, which he calls a ‘kangaroo committee.’ He said Nancy Pelosi was on his side because she has called it ‘unprecedented,'” Heilemann caustically commented.

“Somebody is going to need to get him a dictionary,” he arrogantly added.

Former Trump campaign adviser Jason Miller also decried the arrest of the lauded economist. He expressed his shock that the Biden administration would take things this far as he spoke with Newsmax host Eric Bolling on Friday.

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“The first thing that really struck me was the fact that they went and arrested him, put him in handcuffs. I mean, this is Peter Navarro. He’s an economist, he’s a Ph.D. You see that he’s a very serious, very buttoned-up guy, and you’re going to go throw him in handcuffs?” Miller incredulously asked.

“Eric, how do you see this and not think this is purely just a witch hunt against anyone who had anything to do with President Trump or anyone who might have something to do with President Trump in the future?” Miller went on to inquire.

Miller noted that Navarro is ‘feisty’ and a ‘hard charger,’ but said, “He’s going to need to get a lawyer at a certain point.”

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43 thoughts on “FBI cuffs, shackles Trump adviser Peter Navarro, arrested for not bowing to Jan 6 committee: ‘It’s terrorism, it’s coercion’

  1. The FBI has become the personal KGB of the Democrats – our country is corrupt as any 3rd world banana republic-I am ashamed of what this country has become under Democrats.

  2. The once greatest law enforcement agency in the world, the FBI, has become a pawn of the democrat party. They are as corrupt as the Biden and Clinton families, so sad and disheartening to see.

  3. This is another warning shot to scare off folks from accepting any future political job offers from DJT.

    LGB

  4. Of course all these people are “confessing” to January 6th “crimes”. They have been locked up, kept in Solitary, kept from communicating with Family.They will say anything to get out. And Cheney and the Demon Dems are saying “see, they’re Confessing! They committed Crimes!”

  5. He did know that they would arrest him, that was in the cards. So they either would have done a perp walk at his house or follow him to one of the most publically full places and do it. Since they were slammed for leaks doing it to Rodger, they got away with a no leak but very public arrest.

  6. All the information will come out at the trial and the FBI and all will be looking for scape goats. LET’S GO BRANDON! WeLoveTrump.com

    1. The FBI was corrupted, co-opted and politicized by the traitor Obama. They have to be purged and all the traitors among them must pay the ultimate penalty, same as the Obamas, the 3 Clintons, all of the Bidens, the entire Soros family, Gates, Dorsey, Zuckerberg, the honchos of all the ‘mainstream’ media, the rinos and the whole damned democrat party. Thin the herd of traitors now, kick out or otherwise deal with all illegal alien invaders and then we can get America back on course.

  7. ‘THE SOUTH WAS RIGHT!’
    By James Ronald Kennedy and Walter Donald Kennedy

  8. The one who needs to cuffed, shackled should be Botox Pee-loser, she and her cohorts set up the whole thing to impeach Trump in case their cheating didn’t work. And you can take that to the bank!!!

  9. Same jackboot tactics that the kommiecrats used on Roger Stone and Paul Manafort.
    And even worse, not a whisper of protest from anyone in Washington DC.
    The kommiecrats are fully in charge, and each and every republican quivers in fear that they will be next.
    Trump stands alone in Washington in face of usurpers.
    Trump and his 80 million supporters must change it all in Washington DC. It’s totally corrupt.

  10. Him being handcuffed was totally uncalled for. Peter Navarro, also had plenty of evidence of the fraudulent election. This whole process is to hurt Donald Trump. Well he’s going to be back, so watch it you leftists out there.

  11. Eric Holder & Lois Lerner were found in Contempt of Congress and NOT arrested. It’s interesting that the FBI has an office in the Democrat Law firm of Perkins/Coie in DC and they can’t seem to arrest anyone with a (D) behind their name. It’s a kind of paralysis….

      1. And the FBI as well as every federal agency. Most need to to be cut by 65% at least, many can be eliminated completely and those running them must get prison for life or the quicker alternative.

    1. FBI has been compromised by the democRATs just like all government agencies. Remember how they helped Hitlery?

    2. If you’re black you can get away with anything, thanks to their democrat massas. Revolution now!

  12. I am seriously concerned about Navarro. Will he physically and mentally survive this?

  13. Peter, get yourself a good lawyer, but DONTGO NEAR PERKINS COIE. They are in the democrat soup. So is the FBI and the DOJ today. Nothing fair about them, IMO. Remember the Whitmer kidnapping plot? They were in on 1-6 too. I don’t trust them. At least they didn’t have frogmen participating in this episode.like they did with Roger Stone. I’m wondering just how much these unnecessary arrests are costing the taxpayer for the performing FBI.BTW, were the MEDIA called beforehand? CNN? What has happened to real justice?

  14. If Navarro were looting and burning down stores, carjacking, throwing strangers in front of chains, law enforcement wouldn’t lift a finger to arrest him. But threaten the Democrat dictatorship, and this is what happens.

  15. Remember when Eric Holder was held in contempt of Congress? Where was the f**king FBI to arrest HIM? Oh, right, he’s their boss, right? Never mind that there’s favoritism, or else Comey was in on the cover up. And we now know that he was….

  16. IMO, this was just another performance for the cameras by the FBI, much like the Roger Stone arrest! The current FBI needs leadership very badly and have needed it for some time. They seem to have become very political. It would be nice if they went after real criminals, instead of showing off their political leanings. BTW, why aren’t their members, who participated in 1-6 not in jail? IMO, that was a SET-UP of people who were there to sight-see and were ushered into the capitol by the Capitol Police and other operatives. The current make up of the government today isn’t good, and that includes the DOJ. My opinion.

  17. And I wonder why Brandon wants to neuter 74 million Trump voters by taking their guns away? The henchmen of the Democrat Party, aka: FBI!

  18. As many years as I’ve been on this earth and observed happenings and discussions on the news, I’ve never seen anything like what is going on, now, with our government. It’s like they literally are from a alternate universe doing everything opposite of what common sense commands. Who ARE these people??! Zero accountability to our Constitution and their oath of office and still nobody calls them on it, or arrests them. I’d like to do a massive citizens arrest and round them all up and ship them off to jail just like they dis those January 06 protesters.

  19. Time for Republicans to null void all federal agencies including KGB/USDOJ! Didn’t have one until 1870! All these agencies are Unconstitutional but bribe State Governments to operate within their borders. Federal agencies have ZERO AUTHORITY outside federal lands! Disarm them within States until nullification process is completed

  20. Joe Biden and his party are leading the US down the path toward a civil war without doubt and it is not too far off. I think with actions of FBI in this instance tipping point will soon be reached.

  21. who is the greatest danger to the republic the january 6th committee or peter navarro? i have my opinion.

  22. The idiot Progressive Democrats keep making these great advertisements explaining why no one should vote for them ever again. Their message is “shut up if you know what’s good for you;” “ANTIFA and BLM burning down businesses and people’s homes are good peaceful protests;” Accusing the criminal Democrats of voter fraud is terrorism or racist;” “All Conservative thought is racist.” Ignoring the Democrat House leadership is a vile criminal racist act worthy of having SWAT make arrests to send a message to citizens to be careful of who they vote for in future elections or they will be accused of being a racist. I’m voting a straight Republican ticket and I’m not a racist.

  23. This is what Fascist, Communist countries do to political opponents. It just makes Conservatives more determined to oust the Dems.

  24. In my legal training, I learned that all that was necessary to accomplish an arrest was a touch. Unless there is a need, possibly in resistance or threat to the arresting officer, the shackling of the arrestee would be a criminal assault

  25. Is ANYONE paying attention????? At least I now understand why my highly qualified son was turned down for an FBI slot…. He had an (R) after his name and had been quite publicly conservative.

  26. The FBI is becoming akin to the Stassi and KGB. And they are already VERY POLITICAL. Why don’t people like McCabe, Comey, Brennan, Strzok, Page, the Clintons (especially pedophilic Bill) get the same treatment. Oh wait, they are democraps and DEEP STATE SWAMP SCUM.

  27. I HATE F**KING democrats. FJB and the CORRUPT COUNTRY DESTROYING democrats.

  28. The disgraceful way the FBI handled this situation is just more evidence the corrupt FBI should be disbanded. Navarro said he would walk in on his own but because he was affiliated With Trump the left wing FBI had to treat him as a criminal. The irony is that the Jan6 so-called Pelosi committee is a farce to start and has no actual authority!!

  29. D.C. is swiftly becoming an unofficial Martial Law District . Seems that the DOJ has an open season on anything Trump. Especially since Killary is in chg. of it. Of course this will be denied but since shes collecting rent from the FBI , everything DOJ is pro Clinton. She and her grandiose puppet faced smile and shove it up her ass. Cant see what Bill ever saw in her. Every time she opens her mouth I get a mental image of green puss drooling which appeases Bills appetite.

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