Former Trump White House adviser Peter Navarro swiped back at federal prosecutors, alleging their accounts of his arrest last week were "false and misleading."
In a court motion Friday requesting documents, Navarro stood by his claims that he was deprived of adequate legal counsel and rebuffed assertions from federal prosecutors Thursday that he was offered counsel.
FEDERAL PROSECUTORS ACCUSE PETER NAVARRO OF LYING ABOUT ARREST
"It is the prosecution's claim that is both false and misleading," the filing says. "As soon as the defendant asked to call for legal advice, the agents should have read from a written card the defendant his Miranda rights and done everything within their power to allow him a phone call to seek legal advice as he requested well prior to his court appearance."
"They did not do so and thereby deprived the defendant of appropriate legal counsel," continues the motion, which was filed in federal court in Washington, D.C.
Prosecutors insisted in a Thursday filing that Navarro's account of events contained numerous misrepresentations.
Navarro's rebuttal came as he demanded relevant documents pertaining to his arrest, including video and audio recordings of the arrest, full transcriptions of relevant conversations, notes pertinent to a report by special agents, and signed affidavits from special agents involved in his arrest.
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