Sen. Alex Padilla disputes Trump administration's account of his forcible removal at a DHS event

Padilla called the degree of force used against him by federal law enforcement "excessive" and warned similar force might be used by agents during ongoing immigration raids.

Sen. Alex Padilla disputed the White House’s account of the events surrounding his forcible removal from a news conference held by Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem in Los Angeles on Thursday, pushing back against key details about what exactly preceded his handcuffing by federal law enforcement agents.

Both the White House and Noem said Padilla, D-Calif., failed to identify himself to security, yelled and lunged toward Noem.

"This man burst into the room, started lunging towards the podium, interrupting me and elevating his voice, and was stopped, did not identify himself, and was removed from the room,” Noem said in an interview on Fox News. “The way that he acted was completely inappropriate."

Padilla denied all of Noem's characterizations in his first interview after the incident — on MSNBC with NBC News' Jacob Soboroff.

"That's ridiculous. It's a lie but par for the course for this administration," Padilla began.