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The largest media spectacle on Monday, by far, was former Trump campaign aide Sam Nunberg’s rapid meltdown as he furiously jumped from cable news show to cable news show to taunt Special Counsel Robert Mueller for issuing him a subpoena. And in the midst of his whirlwind afternoon and evening, concerns from his friends began to surface questioning his mental state. It all came to a head on CNN’s OutFront where host Erin Burnett admitted that she could smell alcohol on his breath.
“So Sam, I have to ask you one other thing … And it's an awkward question to ask.,” Burnett prefaced to Nunberg’s excitement. “We talked earlier about what people in the White House were saying about you. Talking about whether you were drinking or on drugs or whatever had happened today. Talking to you, I have smelled alcohol on your breath.”
Nunberg denied the charge but Burnett gave him another opportunity to answer. “Because it is the talk out there. Again, I know it's awkward. Let me give you the question so you can categorically answer that. Have you had a drink today,” she asked again.
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