Former Trump associate Roger Stone’s attorney complained about the manner of his client’s arrest Friday morning, telling NBC News that “there was no need” for the “SWAT team” to show up at his home.

“There was no need to have the FBI show up with a SWAT team this morning. He’s been very public for the last two years about where he was and what he was doing,” Stone attorney Grant Smith told NBC. “If they’d found any collusion they would have charged him with it.”

“He will fight vigorously because these were things he did not recall and were immaterial to the scope of the investigation,” Smith added.

According to CNN, the agents who arrested Stone at his Fort Lauderdale home on Friday morning were heavily armed, but the apprehension was “friendly” and Stone was taken into custody without incident.

JUST IN: Roger Stone's attorney to @NBCNews: "He will fight vigorously because these were things he did not recall and were immaterial to the scope of the investigation." – @annaschecter — NBC News (@NBCNews) January 25, 2019