Have you heard the one about Sam Nunberg, you know, the former Donald Trump aide and ally who spent most of Monday afternoon on national television drunk and dissing “The Donald?”
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Unfortunately, there is no punchline and this is no joke. Yes, former Trump right-hand man, Sam Nunberg, made the TV rounds on Monday to tell multiple news outlets that he would “rather go to jail” than honor the “ridiculous” subpoena from special counsel Robert Mueller regarding the Trump collusion/obstruction of justice case.
His meltdown came after a grand jury subpoenaed Nunberg requesting all documents involving Trump and several of his closest advisers. Investigators want emails, text messages, work papers, telephone logs and other documents going all the way back to November 1, 2015 — 4½ months after Trump launched his campaign.
Well, it didn’t take long for at least one TV news host to speculate that Nunberg’s public defiance of Mueller was the result of him partaking in a bit of “liquid courage.”
During Monday afternoon’s broadcast, CNN host Erin Burnett did not mince words when she flat-out asked Nunberg if intoxication was behind his rebellious remarks — particularly since he reeked of alcohol.
“Talking to you, I have smelled alcohol on your breath,” Burnett told Nunberg.
“Well, I have not had a drink,” Nunberg replied.
“Because it is the talk out there — again, I know it’s awkward — let me just give you the question so you can categorically answer,” Burnett asked again. “No, you haven’t had a drink today?”
“My answer is no, I have not,” Nunberg said.
“Anything else?” Burnett asked.
“No, besides my meds. Anti-depressants. Is that OK?” Nunberg replied.
Several close friends of former Trump adviser Sam Nunberg told me they had strong reason to believe he was day-drunk during his cable-news blitz today based on conversations he had with them starting this morning: https://t.co/cfR6uOqxbJ — Asawin Suebsaeng (@swin24) March 5, 2018
Continuing to appear intoxicated, Nunberg went on to say that he is willing to put himself at risk of arrest rather than appear before a grand jury to give investigators old campaign emails that he was ordered to hand over in a subpoena.
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However, a shocking revelation caught everyone by surprise, when Sam Nunberg blurted out that he believes Donald Trump “may have done something during the election” and that former Trump campaign adviser Carter Page almost certainly colluded with Russia to meddle in the 2016 election.
Soon thereafter, White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders raced into defense mode and damage control by telling reporters that Nunberg was “incorrect” and then attempted to paint a picture that he clearly lacks credible knowledge on the subject. However, her comments only served to rile up Nunberg even further, who promptly delivered a stern response in his next televised interview.
“If Sarah Huckabee wants to start debasing me, she’s a joke,” Nunberg told NY1. “She’s not attractive. She’s a fat slob.”
OUCH!!
If you thought Sam Nunberg was done there, you’d be mistaken since he went on to trash the Trump White House even further.
“They can say whatever they want. I don’t care. They’re pathetic,” Nunberg said. “Their president has a 33% approval rating, so whatever they want to say about me is fine.”
To say that there is zero love lost between Trump and his former aide would be an understatement. Nunberg was fired from the Trump campaign in 2015 for racially charged posts found on his Facebook page, including a racial slur against Al Sharpton’s daughter. Additionally, Trump filed a $10 million dollar lawsuit against Nunberg in 2016 for allegedly leaking confidential campaign information to the press.
Based on his loose lips and drunken tongue from Monday afternoon, Nunberg should probably prepare himself for another lawsuit — or at least a modicum of wrath — for snitching on and dissing “The Donald” on national TV!
And as of reports early this morning, he apparently began back-peddling sometime late last night.
“Former Trump aide Sam Nunberg backs off defiance, says he will likely cooperate with Mueller”
In an interview with The Associated Press, Sam Nunberg said he was angry over Mueller’s request to have him appear in front of a grand jury and turn over thousands of e-mails and other communications with other ex-officials, among them his mentor Roger Stone.
But he predicted that, in the end, he’d find a way to comply.
“I’m going to end up co-operating with them,” he said.
It was a reversal from his tone throughout the day, when he lashed out at Trump and his campaign and threatened to defy Mueller in a series of interviews. […] – Associated Press (AP)