Former Trump campaign aide George PapadopoulosGeorge Demetrios PapadopoulosTale of two FBI cases: Clinton got warned, Trump got investigated Trump says he would consider pardons for those implicated in Mueller investigation New FBI document confirms the Trump campaign was investigated without justification MORE celebrated the president's decision this week to direct Attorney General William Barr Bill BarrHarris faces pivotal moment with Supreme Court battle Hillicon Valley: DOJ proposes tech liability shield reform to Congress | Treasury sanctions individuals, groups tied to Russian malign influence activities | House Republican introduces bill to set standards for self-driving cars McCarthy threatens motion to oust Pelosi if she moves forward with impeachment MORE to declassify information related to the investigation into the 2016 Trump campaign, calling it a sign Trump was going "on the offense."

In an interview airing Sunday with AM 970's "The Answer" in New York, Papadopoulos told John Catsimatidis that his prosecution and the prosecutions of former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort Paul John ManafortOur Constitution is under attack by Attorney General William Barr Bannon trial date set in alleged border wall scam Conspicuous by their absence from the Republican Convention MORE and former national security adviser Michael Flynn were unsuccessful attempts to force Trump to cooperate with the special counsel investigation.

"They wanted to make an example out of us. They wanted to squeeze us in order to get Trump. It didn’t work," Papadopoulos said in the interview.

"President Trump Donald John TrumpBiden on Trump's refusal to commit to peaceful transfer of power: 'What country are we in?' Romney: 'Unthinkable and unacceptable' to not commit to peaceful transition of power Two Louisville police officers shot amid Breonna Taylor grand jury protests MORE is now on the offense," he continued. "And once he starts declassifying materials — as you probably have been seeing in the media about my case, where I’m basically telling informants that I have nothing to do with the Russians, yet they still use it against me — you might start seeing people on the other side going to jail for conspiracy. And I hope they do."

Papadopoulos added that the federal government targeted him because of his connection to the president and not because of actual wrongdoing.

"Most people who work for Donald Trump, if not all of them, either got bankrupt, their life thrown in a whirlwind, or found themselves in short or long jail sentences. My short answer to you is if the feds want to get you, they’re going to get you," he argued.

Papadopoulos was released from prison in December following his conviction for lying to investigators about foreign contacts. In a new book, he argued that he was pressured into signing a plea agreement with the threat of charges pertaining to working as an unregistered foreign lobbyist.

"I was faced with a choice: accept the charges that I lied or face FARA charges," he said. “I made a deal. A deal forced on me."

"My story is part of a larger story. The story of Trump and the story of stopping Trump, or trying to," he added in the book. "The Trump presidency was the primary target of all this insanity."