Ex-aide Sam Nunberg won’t comply with subpoena, says Trump ‘may have done something’ by DARTUNORRO CLARK
Ex-aide Sam Nunberg won’t comply with subpoena, says Trump ‘may have done something’
Sam Nunberg, a former Donald Trump campaign aide, plans to defy a subpoena from special counsel Robert Mueller requesting campaign documents related to the Russia investigation, saying Monday that it would be "really funny" if he were arrested.
"The president's right, it's a witch hunt," Nunberg told MSNBC's Katy's Tur.
"I'm not going to cooperate when they want me to come into a grand jury for them to insinuate that (former Trump adviser) Roger Stone was colluding with (Wikileaks founder) Julian Assange," he added.
Nunberg's refusal comes after the grand jury investigating alleged collusion between Russia and Trump's presidential campaign sent him a subpoena seeking documents involving Trump and a host of his closest advisers.
According to the subpoena , which was sent to Nunberg by Mueller, investigators want emails, text messages, work papers, telephone logs and other documents going back to Nov. 1, 2015, nearly five months after Trump launched his campaign.
Nunberg, who has already been interviewed by Mueller's office, called the idea that Trump or his campaign colluded with Russia the "biggest joke," but he suggested — without any evidence — that Mueller may have something on the president.
"I think they may," said Nunberg, who served briefly as a campaign adviser. "I think that he (Trump) may have done something during the election. But I don't know that for sure." He didn't provide any details.
Nunberg also said Mueller's investigators have asked him a wide range of questions, including if he heard anyone speaking Russian in Trump's office, about the meeting between Donald Trump Jr., Paul Manafort, Jared Kushner and a Russian lawyer in Trump Tower in June 2016, and why Trump took favorable positions toward Moscow during the campaign.
White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders blasted Nunberg on Monday and refuted any suggestion that the campaign colluded with Russia.
"I definitely think he doesn't know that for sure, because he’s incorrect," she said. "He hasn't worked at the White House, so I can't speak to him or the lack of knowledge he clearly has. As we've said many times before, there's been no collusion."
Has anyone else seen Nunberg on TV? He is really running his mouth. I bet Trump is shitting his drawers...
I'm betting he isn't. President Trump probably told him to blow his dog whistle and get all the LWNJ chomping at the bit. You have to admit President Trump is the master of diversion.
I myself am going to wait for Rachel Madcow to cover it tonight. If anyone can expose this she can.
You have to admit President Trump is the master of diversion.
You say that like it’s a good thing. Who encourages such unscrupulous behavior in a “leader”?
Go have a look at Numberg's interviews on TV today and get back to us on all of that...
I just watched him finish a segment with Erin Burnett on CNN. To be frank, it was painful to watch. This man feels like he was used and disrespected by the President and his inner circle. He seems very angry. It didn't seem aligned with Mueller's investigation but rather that was the straw that broke the camels back.
He looked mentally ill and quite drunk. I think Erin and the others got punked, or snookered, or both.
Why isn't Sam Nunberg in jail already?
I imagine Mueller's team would rather wait to see whether he says anything they can use.
I think you're right. Mueller is proceeding slowly and carefully-- he's very meticulous.
And I believe he's starting with those "lower down on the totem poll"-- his goal is not necessarily to put them in jail (he going for the higher ups)...but rather to show them that they could face long jail time in order to get them to "flip" and testify with damning evidence vs: some of the higher ups-- if a few of the small fry reveal a lot in return for getting off (or more probably getting a very reduced sentence..) .Mueller feels its worth it.
His interview looks more like an intervention. How embarrassing.
Nunberg was totally losing his mind on CNN. He seems most concerned with protecting Roger Stone...
From what I’ve seen, it looks like his job is to protect Stone while throwing Lewandowski under the bus. Meanwhile he acts all anti-Trump to throw off the reality that Trump is orchestrating this whole thing and he is a pawn. He has immunity and seems pretty confident about flouting Mueller without major repercussions. What’s a little jail time in return for a good position on a dictator’s confidantes list? That is organized crime 101.
That certainly seems to be the case. Roger Stone just one slug under one slimy rock in Trump's Garden of Vulgarities...
Yet another Trump trick to detract from the sorrowful Mueller waste of time and resources.
Correction: Yet another failed Trump trick
Yipppeee, the first of Shitbag's many mini-shitbags is going to jail (unless the little pussie is just trying to sound like a toughguy and no way plans to defy a subpoena).
It certainly does look that way. I expect we will seen Nunberg doing a perpwalk imminently...
Nah. Not surprisingly, the little pussy pussed last night.
Does this fool realize what he just did in a public interview? What a MAROON! "I'm not turning over anything. Roger Stone is my mentor, and I am refusing to cooperate!" He just as good as admitted that what he has is incriminating. Oh my god!
Roger Stone is looking for a change of underwear right now.
Thank the gods and stars that these mini-shitbags literally have shit for brains.
Can't you use grown up language for once. You come across as an angry teenager.
Nunberg is a gift that keeps on giving. He has been the most entertaining thing on TV for days...
I use the vocabulary the subject deserves. I can't bothered worrying about your hurt feelings from accurately describing the horrible POSs that you follow.
The GOP no doubt thanks you and other liberals for your childish behavior and alienating anybody who isn't 100% anti Trump.
Your Shitbag is far outdoing any imaginary alienating you've invented (read: "wishful thinking") I might cause. Stay tuned.
Trump has had a steady 40+% approval rating since being elected. The only people he's alienated are the left, who already despise anyone not on their side.
That is just not true...
I don't know why you like to make it so easy for me to blow your BS out of the water but I do appreciate it:
I know rightwingers don't know how to read graphs and get really pissy when we put them up so I'll mansplain: Your Shitbag's job approval hasn't been above 40% since the latter part of May last year.
It helps if you look at an average of all the polls instead of picking and choosing the ones you want to see:
His approval rating is at 39.8% at this moment but it has been above 40 until very recently and will go back up.
Given that their Fuhrer is only paying for his family's defense it's not surprising that some of his cronies are losing it. But there's some very interesting stuff at the core of this given that Roger Stone knew in advance some specifics about Russia's hacking of the DNC.
Friday is grand jury day for Nunberg.......
Nope it hasn't. The only polls that might show that are those manufactured and pumped out through the rightwing pukefunnels designed especially for people like you.
So basically you choose to live in your own sad reality and dismiss anything that threatens your preconceptions as false and a conspiracy.
And Bigly so.There are a lot of politicians who you might hate. Or strongly disagree with their political views. And many are just downright dishonest crooks.
But then there a few (in both parties) who are just extremely weird. And I can tell you this-- they are Bigly weird! Believe me, its unbelievable! (That I can tell you).
I've seen a few clips of Nunberg on TV-- in addition to his bizarre political views, he is a really strange character. (Also Iweird)
Another Republican who I find to be quite weird is Carter Page -- another odd duck. In fact, he's bigly weird.
(OK enuf of my weird Republican bashing-- if I remember, tomorrow Ill find a Democrat or two to pick on
Two short videos re: Nunberg. The first (Stephanie Ruhle) is serious reporting with some short clips of Nunberg. The second is humorous (Colbert)-- but IMO both clearly illustrate just how weird Nunberg is:
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1. Ruhle re: Nunberg:
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2. Colbert re: Nunberg (Part about Nunberg starts at about 2:07 in):
2 videos re: Carter Page:
1. Chris Hayes interviews a smiling Carter Page:
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2. Carter Page after testifying: Strange hat, smiling face:
Comment on YouTube:
Not only did the left jump down yet another rabbit hole but this time they followed a White Rabbit that was completely drunk and crazy.
Ah yes, conservative Republicans standing in front of a fireworks factory on fire saying "Nothing to see here! Move along!".
Now you just need to coin the phrase "This was just another Nunberger...".
On the other side we'll have "And the Trumptanic just hit a Nunberg!"...
"Nothing to see" has been the mantra of the left when it comes to the Steele dossier and FISA court abuses. Maybe you should worry less about the "Nunberg Trials" in the media.
Seems SAM is the one with an issue.....NOT TRUMP !
Just like ALL THE REST so far. Someone's "Personal" issues being lumped on Trump is so ludicrous.....it's.....well......Typically Ludicrous Liberal !