Donald Trump’s old friend Chris Christie says the ex-president may put up a front he’s not scared of the prospect of going to jail but privately he’s stressed out, RadarOnline.com has learned.
The former New Jersey governor appeared on MSNBC’s Morning Joe where he discussed a wide range of topics. During the chat, Christie defended prosecutors’ decision to bring indictments against Trump over the alleged hush money payment to adult film star Stormy Daniels and for claims he mishandled classified documents.
“He generally has really crappy lawyers, so let me give him advice,” Christie said.
He said, “When they get a court order from a United States District Court judge, it’s not a violation of your Fourth Amendment rights. In fact, if you had done the simple thing that I think almost any other American would have done, which would have been to give the documents back, he wouldn’t be prosecuted. He is in big trouble there.”
Christie continued, “If he takes this case to trial and is convicted, which — based upon what I’ve seen in the indictment — I believe he will be, then he is facing jail time.”
“Because part of what the Justice Department has always done under the attorneys general I’ve seen in my lifetime is, if we offer you a plea, which I’m certain they will, and you turn it down and you take us to trial and you’re convicted, that judge is sending you to jail.”
“All this bravado and everything else, I’ve known him for 22 years, when I was doing these cases in New Jersey, and I’d put political figures in jail, he’d say to me “I could never do that. I could never go to jail.” And I’m telling you, no matter what he says, no matter how he’s bragging and going on and on about him not being afraid, he goes to bed every time thinking about the sound of the jail cell door closing behind him,” Christie said.