Chris Christie: There Is No One With More Influence Over Trump Than Jared Kushner

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Source: NPR

There's a long history between you and the family of Jared Kushner, President Trump's son-in-law — history going back to your time as a prosecutor in New Jersey. You prosecuted the case against Jared Kushner's dad for tax evasion and witness tampering, among other charges. Charles Kushner was convicted. He went to prison. And you say the son held a grudge. How did that manifest when you two were working together?

If you read the book, there's an entire chapter called "Jared's Meltdown," where when Donald Trump brought me in to ask me to be chairman of the transition and to approve the press release announcing it. Jared came into the meeting, uninvited, between me, Mr. Trump and [former campaign manager] Corey Lewandowski and began to make the argument as to why that decision should be held in abeyance — even though there's a federal law that says they needed to have a person in charge of the transition by that time.

There have been reports of late that Jared Kushner is basically kind of de facto operating as White House chief of staff. Do you have any insight into whether that's true?

I don't know if it's true. But let me say this: There is simply no one more influential in the White House on the president than Jared Kushner. He's not the only person who he listens to, but I don't think anyone has more influence than Jared has.

Read more: https://www.npr.org/2019/01/29/689388865/chris-christie-there-is-no-one-with-more-influence-over-trump-than-jared-kushner

[CatMor]

1. The blind leading the blind ....

sometimes I feel our country is doomed.

[sandensea]

2. And both being led by Bibi

Netanyahoo didn't put all his chips on Cheeto for nothing.

[olegramps]

9. Jerad Kushner is one scarry person. He would make Adolf Eichemann cringe.

[bluestarone]

3. Then he will be RUMPS first pardon!!!!

Will watch closely!!!

[SunSeeker]

4. The question is WHY does Jared have this influence over Trump?

Jared is an inexperienced, out of touch twit. He has been wrong about virtually everything, from telling Trump that firing Flynn would make the "Russia thing" go away, to saying firing Comey would be well-received by Democrats. And yet Trump continues to listen to him. It boggles the mind.

[Skidmore]

5. He's married to Trump's

prized possession? Besides, he's the one with the mark of the Beast--666. Trump just has golden towers, none numbered so.

[SunSeeker]

6. Then why doesn't Ivanka have that influence? Why Jared?

[ehrnst]

7. Who do you think influences Jared? Ivanka's power over her father is passive agressive

It is the power of "There, there, Daddy... calm down and listen to Jared."

If she wants something, then she likely sends it through Jared. Where do you think Jared learned to influence Daddy?

https://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/21/opinion/campaign-stops/why-men-want-to-marry-melanias-and-raise-ivankas.html

[not fooled]

17. Ooh good point

jughead learned from the ultimate donnie influencer and insider.

What a clusterf*ck.

[Achilleaze]

8. JarJar K - the huge republican security risk?

The guy the career security experts recommended NOT get a security clearance?

The guy that KGOP misleader Dirty Donny gave a security clearance to any way?

Sick republicans undermining the security of the USA. Totally sucks.

[louis-t]

12. He was allowed to 'amend' his SC-1 30(ish) times?

Insane.

[Im peachy keen]

10. I Beg to Differ

[TheBlackAdder]

11. That should make his anti-semite follower's heads explode. The de facto leader of the USA is Jewish!

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But, it won't.

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[Behind the Aegis]

13. There's aren't the only heads exploding.

If/when the worm turns, there will be plenty ready with "it's the Jews fault". That bullet is always in the chamber!

[TheBlackAdder]

14. Dang! You're 100% correct. It's inevitable.

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Well, in future rebuttal, his RW base didn't complain, so they must have been OK with it.

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[elleng]

15. Right. Watch this:

Prominent Democrats Form Pro-Israel Group to Counter Skepticism on the Left.

'Several prominent veteran Democrats, alarmed by the party’s drift from its longstanding alignment with Israel, are starting a new political group that will try to counter the rising skepticism on the left toward the Jewish state by supporting lawmakers and candidates in 2020 who stand unwaveringly with the country.

With polls showing that liberals and younger voters are increasingly less sympathetic to Israel, and a handful of vocal supporters of Palestinian rights arriving in Congress, the new group — the Democratic Majority for Israel — is planning to wage a campaign to remind elected officials about what they call the party’s shared values and interests with one of America’s strongest allies.

“Most Democrats are strongly pro-Israel and we want to keep it that way,” said Mark Mellman, the group’s president and a longtime Democratic pollster. “There are a few discordant voices, but we want to make sure that what’s a very small problem doesn’t metastasize into a bigger problem.”

The group, whose board includes former Michigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm and a former Clinton administration housing secretary, Henry Cisneros, will create a political action committee later this year and may engage in Democratic primaries, Mr. Mellman said. They also are planning an “early states project” with the goal of organizing pro-Israel Democrats in the first nominating states to lobby the party’s presidential hopefuls.'>>>

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/28/us/politics/democrats-israel-palestine.html?

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16. Hannity is probably pouting n/t

[DonViejo]

18. Locking...

The consensus of Forum Hosts agree, Christie's promoting his book and giving his opinion over past events; his opinions are not important news of national interest