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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Ariana Baio

Chris Christie claims Jared Kushner got him fired from Trump campaign for prosecuting his father

Former New Jersey Governor Chris Christie has said that Jared Kushner had him fired from President Donald Trump’s 2016 transition team as a form of retribution because Christie had prosecuted Charles Kushner a decade earlier.

Appearing on the podcast The Fifth Column Thursday, Christie recounted how Jared Kushner, the president’s son-in-law, held animosity toward him because Christie secured a guilty plea from Charles Kushner, Jared’s father, in 2005 while serving as New Jersey’s attorney general.

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