Overview
- Chris Christie alleged in remarks reported by Mediaite that Donald Trump asked him for damaging information on Jared Kushner’s family to try to end Jared and Ivanka Trump’s relationship.
- He said Trump invited him to dinner and asked if he had “anything more on the family” so he could “break this up,” describing Trump as someone who will do anything when agitated.
- As context, Christie served as U.S. attorney and in 2005 won Charles Kushner’s guilty plea for false tax returns and witness retaliation that involved hiring a prostitute to entrap his sister’s husband.
- Christie also noted that Trump had publicly said he would have preferred Ivanka marry quarterback Tom Brady, which he framed as evidence Trump disliked the pairing.
- He used the story to criticize Republicans in Congress, saying he is disgusted by what his party looks like in Washington.