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(85,998 posts)
Thu Dec 7, 2017, 10:49 AM Dec 2017

Christie says he was fired from Trump's transition team for warning them about Flynn

Christie: Warning about Flynn among reasons I was fired from Trump transition

New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie said Wednesday he was ousted as head of President Donald Trump’s transition due in part to his opposition to the hiring of Michael Flynn as national security adviser.

“I thought it was a significant reason,” Christie said at an unrelated press conference at his office in Trenton.

The governor, one of the first establishment Republicans to back Trump during the primary and still one of the president's most loyal supporters, was chairman of the transition until he was unceremoniously fired just days after the election and replaced with Vice President Mike Pence.

Christie said it was clear those who took over botched the transition, pointing to Flynn’s guilty plea last week to charges of lying to the FBI. Christie has long said he had concerns about the retired three-star Army general, though he had never said exactly why.

“Suffice to say, I had serious misgivings, which I think have been confirmed by the fact that he pled guilty to a felony in federal court,” Christie said.

read: https://www.politico.com/states/new-jersey/story/2017/12/06/christie-warning-about-flynn-among-reasons-i-was-fired-from-trump-transition-136432

...alright, this is from lying Christie, reported by lying Politico... but, whoa!



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Christie says he was fired from Trump's transition team for warning them about Flynn (Original Post) bigtree Dec 2017 OP
Yeah, sure Christie.... Pachamama Dec 2017 #1
Ahh...redemption RestoreAmerica2020 Dec 2017 #3
Kushner had it out for him. He was doomed no matter what he did. kcr Dec 2017 #2
Christie was fired for ... left-of-center2012 Dec 2017 #4
Yates too. Join the Party Thrill Dec 2017 #5
Christie was telling them something they Greybnk48 Dec 2017 #6

kcr

(15,317 posts)
2. Kushner had it out for him. He was doomed no matter what he did.
Thu Dec 7, 2017, 11:13 AM
Dec 2017

He should have switched to backing another horse the minute Kushner joined that family.

Greybnk48

(10,168 posts)
6. Christie was telling them something they
Thu Dec 7, 2017, 11:53 AM
Dec 2017

already knew. I think they knew ALL about Flynn and Christie was throwing a wrench in their collusion with Russia plans. I don't believe this "we didn't know" garbage.

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