In spite of saying he would not speak with press after testifying before a federal grand jury Friday, Former Trump campaign aide Sam Nunberg tells ABC News he believes Special Counsel Robert Mueller's investigation is justified.
“No, I don't think it's a witch hunt,” Sam Nunberg told ABC News. “It's warranted because there's a lot there and that's the sad truth.”
He added, “I don't believe it leads to the president.”
Instead, Nunberg said he believes that many in his inner circle may face legal trouble, including his own mentor and former Trump campaign aide, Roger Stone.
“I'm very worried about him,” Nunberg said. “He's certainly at least the subject of this investigation, in the very least he's a subject.”
Nunberg spent five and a half hours before the grand jury Friday and gave ABC News a little insight into what that entailed.
Nunberg said his testimony focused on the campaign aides surrounding the president who were mentioned in the subpoena, like White House Communications Director Hope Hicks, former White House aide Steve Bannon, former campaign aides Corey Lewandowski and Carter Page, Trump's personal attorney Michael Cohen, and the president's longtime bodyguard Keith Schiller.
He said there were also questions about Trump’s business and his political positions on Russia.
Nunberg described the atmosphere inside the grand jury room as “professional” and noted the pace at which he said prosecutors fired questions at him.
“They’re trying to get as much in as quickly as they can – boom, boom, boom, boom – it almost feels like I’m back in yeshiva with the rabbi.”
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Nunberg declined to say whether he’d be back in front of the special counsel’s attorneys or the grand jury. A source close to him said he is scheduled to testify five more times.
“Look I can't talk. I can't. I'm just not going to talk about it. Maybe, maybe yes, maybe no, I'll give you a Donald Trump answer,” he said. “We'll see.”
Former Trump aide speaks to Mueller, believes Russia probe is 'not a witch hunt' (ABC News)