The Latest: Ex-Trump Aide Says He'll Probably Cooperate

[Mr. Sparkle]

Source: US News (AP)

The Latest on former Trump campaign aide Sam Nunberg, who has said he will defy a subpoena in the Russia meddling investigation (all times local):

8:30 p.m.

Former Trump campaign aide Sam Nunberg says that he'll probably end up cooperating with special counsel Robert Mueller after all.

Nunberg has been giving television interviews in which he says he will defy a subpoena and refuse to appear before a grand jury.

In a reversal, Nunberg tells The Associated Press in an interview Monday night that, in the end, he's likely "going to end up cooperating with them."

Nunberg tells the AP that he's angry about being asked to share his email conversations with a long list of ex-campaign aides, and he says he doesn't think the subpoena is fair and that he'd like Mueller's team to narrow its scope of inquiry.

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[LudwigPastorius]

1. Sounds like his dealer won't take his IOUs any more.

When you're finally out of cocaine, reality comes crashing back, hard.

[Mr.Bill]

2. Sounds like his lawyers found him

and threw a cold bucket of water in his face.

[Squinch]

3. I wish he wouldn't. I want to see that perp walk.

[flibbitygiblets]

4. Wow, that was fast. What controlled substance exits one's body so quickly like that?

Sorry this is not my area; all I can tell you for sure is he was NOT on pot. But he was on something.

[Mr.Bill]

6. It's not about a substance exiting quickly,

It's about going home to quality prescription meds that enter the body quickly.

Sort of like:

[mr_lebowski]

8. First blast of cocaine if it's good stuff lasts maybe 45 mins next after that 25 mins ...

THen it's every 15-20 mins tops til 4-6 hours later, you finally realize it really ain't doing anything but make you feel shittier so once the particular packet you have is gone (or you run out of dough or your dealer quits picking up the phone), you finally stop ... if you're lucky you have about 30mg valium or 2-3mg of xanax to take, to help you pass out ... lol ...

[nature-lover]

5. Maybe it was all a ploy to get free legal advice from the experts on TV.

[summer_in_TX]

7. Seems to me that Ari Melber and his two legal guests

were finally able to get through Nunberg's bluster to get his attention. It came across as an interventlon.

It looked like the mention of Susan McDougall's 18 month sentence and Ari's touch with his questions may have given Nunberg space to think the better of his initial position.

The second legal guest gave him legal ways to deal with the Mueller subpoena and negotiate behind the scenes. Plus the same woman mentioned that the public way he was saying he'd defy the subpoena made it much more likely that he'd be sent to prison because it would set an example aimed at making sure nobody else defied a subpoena.