Former Trump aide Sam Nunberg dares Robert Mueller to arrest him
Washington — A former campaign aide to US President Donald Trump said on Monday he would not comply with a subpoena to testify before a grand jury in special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation of Russian meddling in the 2016 US election. Sam Nunberg first worked for one of Trump’s businesses and later helped advise Trump’s presidential campaign, but he was fired in August 2015 amid reports that he had posted racially charged messages on Facebook. In multiple interviews with media outlets on Monday, Nunberg said he would refuse to comply with the subpoena. If he does not comply, he would risk serving time in jail. "I’m not going to co-operate," Nunberg told MSNBC. "Let’s see what Mr Mueller does. I think it would be funny if they arrested me. I think it would be really, really funny if they wanted to arrest me because I don’t want to spend 80 hours going over e-mails I had with Steve Bannon and Roger Stone," he said, referring to both the former White House chief strategist and o...
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