Sam Nunberg, a former Donald Trump campaign aide, plans to defy a subpoena from special counsel Robert Mueller requesting campaign documents related to the Russia investigation, saying Monday that it would be “really funny” if he were arrested.
“The president’s right, it’s a witch hunt,” Nunberg told MSNBC’s Katy’s Tur.
“I’m not going to cooperate when they want me to come into a grand jury for them to insinuate that (former Trump adviser) Roger Stone was colluding with (Wikileaks founder) Julian Assange,” he added.
Nunberg’s refusal comes after the grand jury investigating alleged collusion between Russia and Trump’s presidential campaign sent him a subpoena seeking emails involving Trump and a host of his closest advisers.
Nunberg, who has already been interviewed by Mueller’s office, called the idea that Trump or his campaign colluded with Russia “the biggest joke,” but did suggest that Mueller may have something on the president.
“I think they may,” said Nunberg, who served briefly as a campaign adviser. “I think that he (Trump) may have done something during the election. But I don’t know that for sure.”
White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders blasted Nunberg on Monday and refuted any suggestion that the campaign colluded with Russia.
“I definitely think he doesn’t know that for sure, because he’s incorrect,” she said. “He hasn’t worked at the White House, so I can’t speak to him or the lack of knowledge he clearly has. As we’ve said many times before, there’s been no collusion.”
Nunberg said he was not fearful of what Mueller may think of his refusal to cooperate or the possibility of being arrested.
“I think it would be really, really funny if they wanted to arrest me,” he said. “Let them think what they want. It’s absolutely ridiculous what they want from me.”