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Ex-Trump aide insults aides, makes wild claims in series of bizarre interviews | TheHill

posted onMarch 6, 2018
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Article snippet: A former aide to MORE’s campaign sent Washington into a frenzy on Monday by announcing he would defy a special counsel subpoena in a series of bizarre interviews on cable television. Sam Nunberg — who was fired from the Trump campaign for racist social media posts and was later sued by the president for allegedly breaking a nondisclosure agreement — said he’d received a subpoena from special counsel interview with The Washington Post, Nunberg said Mueller’s request was too burdensome and that he would not comply with the order. He dared Mueller to throw him in jail. “I think it would be funny if they arrested me,” he said in an interview with NBC. Nunberg’s credibility has taken a few hits in Washington. He has privately bragged to reporters about planting fake stories in the press and publicly admitted to making up a story that went viral about former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie (R) picking up McDonald’s food for then-candidate Trump. In a late interview on CNN — his third of the day — anchor Erin Burnett accused Nunberg of smelling like alcohol. He denied that he had been drinking but said he takes antidepressants. Over the weekend, several news outlets reported that they had obtained a subpoena in which Mueller sought correspondence between a former campaign aide and current and former Trump officials. Nunberg admitted to being the source for those stories and on Monday offered to email the subpoena to news anchors. He told The Washington Post that he woul... Link to the full article to read more

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