Trump Aide Pursues Compelling Legal Strategery
Sam Nunberg is less than fully hinged and/or sober:
Sam Nunberg, a former Trump aide, said on Monday that he will refuse to comply with a subpoena issued by the federal grand jury convened by special counsel Robert Mueller III.
In back-to-back-to-back live, televised — and at times meandering — phone interviews with MSNBC and CNN on Monday afternoon, Nunberg called the demands for his emails and for him to testify before the grand jury “ridiculous.”
Nunberg was fired from Trump’s campaign in August 2015 after racist Facebook messages that he allegedly wrote surfaced. Nunberg told media outlets on Monday that he had been subpoenaed to provide documents to the grand jury and to appear in Washington, DC, on March 9 to testify before the grand jury.
“Screw that,” he told Gloria Borger on CNN. He later appeared on CNN a second time to talk with Jake Tapper.
Under federal court rules in criminal cases, a person who fails to obey a grand jury subpoena “without adequate excuse” can be held in contempt of court. Asked if he was worried about that, Nunberg told Katy Tur on MSNBC, “Let’s see what Mr. Mueller does.”
“I think it would be funny if they arrested me,” he said.
So would I, Sam. So would I.
UPDATE:
Sam Nunberg is taking a pause
From being compliant with laws.
“I’ll simply say no,”
He said, “And not go,”
A theory with notable flaws.— Limericking (@Limericking) March 5, 2018