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Ex-Trump Campaign Aide Sam Nunberg Says He Won’t Cooperate with Mueller Probe

HeadlineMar 06, 2018

In a series of extraordinary live interviews on Monday, former Trump campaign adviser Sam Nunberg said he would refuse to cooperate with special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation. Nunberg vowed to defy a grand jury subpoena and repeatedly dared Mueller to arrest him. Mueller has subpoenaed Nunberg for emails and other communications between himself and Trump advisers, including Steve Bannon and Roger Stone. This is Nunberg, speaking with Ari Melber on MSNBC.

Sam Nunberg: “Why do I have to give them my personal communications? Steve Bannon? Roger Stone? Roger is my mentor. I email, Ari, with Roger 15 times a day. … They’re trying to set up a perjury case against Roger Stone, and I’m not going to have it. Roger is my mentor. Roger is like family to me. And I’m not going to do it.”

Ari Melber: “Are you”—

Sam Nunberg: “I’m not going to do it. And Roger did not talk—Roger may have lied about it, but Roger did not talk”—

Ari Melber: “I think some people are worried about you, and they’re worried about what you’re doing. I think other people are upset, because we just showed the White House, which doesn’t want to comment on this, responding to you. So, clearly, you are in”—

Sam Nunberg: “Sarah should—Sarah should shut up.”

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