“I wasn’t drunk,” the former Trump campaign aide insisted.

Sam Nunberg, the former Trump campaign aide who went on a wild media spree earlier this week, now says that despite his earlier statements otherwise, he has complied with special counsel Robert Mueller’s subpoena and will appear before a federal grand jury on Friday.

In an interview with WABC Radio’s Rita Cosby and Curtis Sliwa on Wednesday, Nunberg said he wanted to “do something memorable” and not be “some side note in history” when he told multiple media outlets Monday that he wouldn’t comply with Mueller’s subpoena and challenged the special counsel to arrest him.

He appeared to walk back those claims later on Monday, saying he’d likely cooperate with the investigation after all, and told The Washington Post on Tuesday that he’d changed his mind about ignoring the order.

Nunberg confirmed on Wednesday that he’d handed over all of the communications Mueller had requested, including emails and text messages with 10 campaign associates, and that he met a deadline imposed by the subpoena.

“I’m not holding anything back,” Nunberg told the radio station. He noted that Mueller’s request for the records, which he initially called ridiculous, “was much easier to do than I initially thought.” – HuffPost

“Gary Cohn to Resign as Trump’s Top Economic Adviser”

Gary D. Cohn, President Trump’s top economic adviser, plans to resign, becoming the latest in a series of high-profile departures from the Trump administration, White House officials said on Tuesday.

The officials insisted there was no single factor behind the departure of Mr. Cohn, who heads the National Economic Council. But his decision to leave came after he seemed poised to lose an internal struggle amid a Wild West-style process over Mr. Trump’s plan to impose large tariffs on steel and aluminum imports. – NYTimes

H/T: MSNBC

Nooo BD.. I didn’t mean to imply that I felt sorry for the guy.

His interview was painful to watch. But my issue is with cable news media’s craven business model exploiting any twisted or traumatic situation just for ratings.

Nunberg was booked to appear on CNN’s “New Day” on Tuesday morning, but he did not show up for the interview.

When an unknown person answered the phone at his home Tuesday morning, the person said Nunberg is done doing interviews.

According to two sources with knowledge of the matter, ABC also pursued Nunberg for Tuesday’s “Good Morning America.” But the producers feared that he would bail, and sure enough, he stopped responding to messages on Tuesday morning. “He went dark,” one of the sources said.

Nunberg’s change in media strategy appears related to the change of heart that unfolded before a national audience during his media tour on Monday.

The former Donald Trump campaign aide gave more than a dozen interviews on Monday in an extraordinary act of defiance of special counsel Robert Mueller.

Related: Who is Sam Nunberg?

He started out by flaunting Mueller’s subpoena and saying “let him arrest me.” At one point, he even handed the subpoena paper to MSNBC anchor Ari Melber. He seemed to revel in the show he was starring in.

“Jake, I’m definitely the first person to ever do this, right?” he asked CNN’s Jake Tapper.

Interviewer after interviewer emphasized that Nunberg could be facing serious legal jeopardy. They asked if he wanted to reconsider his position; asked if he’d consulted his lawyer; and asked about his family.

Nunberg asked questions too — almost as if he was seeking legal advice. In the 7 p.m. hour on Monday, he asked CNN’s Erin Burnett, “Do you think Robert Mueller is going to send me to prison, Erin, for this?” She answered, “I don’t know, but he certainly would be within his rights.”

Some of Nunberg’s associates said they were worried about his state of mind. Burnett said at the end of the interview that she smelled alcohol on his breath. But he denied that he had been drinking.

Paparazzi-style photographers were waiting for Nunberg outside CNN’s New York bureau. He spoke with one of the camera crews and then continued talking with reporters by phone. But his tone changed. By the end of the day, Nunberg signaled that he will continue cooperating with Mueller, after all.

The special counsel office had no comment.