From the Daily Caller: The Biden Department of Justice (DOJ) justified its decision to arrest Trump advisor Peter Navarro by claiming he was “combative,” but audio of his May 2022 encounter with FBI agents obtained by the Daily Caller News Foundation undermines their reasoning.
A voice recording of the incident indicates Navarro did not become aggressive while expressing frustration with the FBI agents who knocked on his door to serve him a subpoena, according to audio Senate Judiciary Chair Chuck Grassley is expected to make public Tuesday along with other whistleblower records.
Navarro, who serves as senior counselor for trade and manufacturing and filled a similar role during the first Trump administration, has objected to the FBI’s choice to arrest him at Reagan National Airport as he was heading to a speaking engagement on June 3, 2022. He spent four months in prison in 2024 for refusing to comply with a Jan. 6 committee subpoena.
“Contrary to the Defendant’s claims, however, it is not law enforcement’s normal practice to ask combative, unrepresented subjects to self-surrender,” the Biden DOJ wrote in an Aug. 15, 2022 court filing. “At the time he was indicted and arrested, the Defendant was not represented. And only a few days before, when the case agents attempted to interview him and serve him with a subpoena at his residence, the Defendant at first refused to open the door and then, when he did, told the agents to ‘get the f*** out of here.’”
The Daily Caller points out that even the judge who sentenced Navarro, U.S. District Court Judge Amit Mehta, an Obama appointee, questioned the harsh way Biden’s FBI handled the situation.
Daily Caller reporter Katelynn Richardson posted the newly-release audio on X:
A voice recording of the incident indicates Navarro did not become aggressive while expressing frustration with the FBI agents who knocked on his door to serve him a subpoena, according to audio Senate Judiciary Chair @ChuckGrassley is making public Tuesday along with other…
— Katelynn Richardson (@katesrichardson) September 16, 2025
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