Sam Nunberg was a relatively minor figure on the Trump campaign, but his media antics got him outsized attention. So what’s he up to?
Anybody watching cable news last night probably saw Sam Nunberg, hopping from channel to channel, daring Robert Mueller to arrest him, casually throwing other members of the Trump campaign under the bus, and who may possibly have been drunk the whole time. To some it was shocking, to others it was amusing, but now that the smoke has cleared and we can see the wreckage, almost everybody had the same question: Just who is this guy, anyway? And what could he possibly have been trying to achieve?
In the end only two people — Nunberg and Robert Mueller — likely know what’s going on here. Neither are likely to lay out their motives or the data behind them. But there is one very important point Nunberg should probably consider going forward. Repeatedly, Mueller’s investigation has shown a deep, broad access to information, particularly email. When he indicted thirteen Russian trolls, the filing mentioned the campaign had looked at their personal emails to friends and family. In other words, there’s an excellent chance Mueller already has Sam Nunberg’s emails, and no amount of cable news theatrics is erase that fact.
