Who pushed Christie as a Trump transition chair? It was Jared Kushner from the beginning, says a new report.

When former Gov. Chris Christie took the lead of Donald Trump's transitional team, candidate of the time, before the 2016 presidential election, he had to work with the son-in-law from Trump, Jared Kushner.

Embarrassing? Maybe a little bit

It's US Attorney Chris Christie who sent Kushner's father, Charles Kushner, to prison for tax evasion in a criminal story revealing details about a prostitute, Charles Kushner's brother-in-law. to his sister.

When Charles Kushner pleaded guilty, before he began his jail sentence, US attorney Christie described this moment as "a great victory for the people of New Jersey" in an August statement. 2004.

Fast forward until 2016. Trump has just won the presidential election and Christie is out.

Christie told reporters just before he left that his objections to a job for former National Security Advisor Michael Flynn in Trump's administration had played an important role in his dismissal at the head of the transition team of the president.

But according to a new account of Christie's informal eviction from The Guardian, Flynn was there for nothing.

"It was Jared," said Trump's former boss, Steve Bannon, to Christie.

There is more about Christie in Woodward's book

The story claims that Christie was deported just as Flynn was arriving in the Trump team. The governor has planned to oppose Flynn's attempt to be named the new president's national security advisor, according to the report. But he never had the chance.

"Before Christie could intervene, Bannon grabbed him and asked to see him privately." Christie followed Bannon into her office impatiently.

Hey, it's going to have to be fastsaid Christie, "according to the report.

It's very fast, says Bannon. You are outside.

Why? asked Christie, stunned.

We make a change.

"Ok, what are we changing?

You.

Why?

This is really not important.

And with that, Christie was out.

The story did not provide any additional details behind Kushner's motive for ousting Christie.

The story that highlights Christie's time as Trump's transition leader also had details of Trump furiously raging at the governor for "stealing" his war campaign.

Trump's scenario shouting to Christie reflects a tale in the new book by journalist Bob Woodward, which Christie dismissed and said inaccurate.

At the time of the release of Woodward's book, Christie accused him of being "a stenographer" for Bannon.

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