Chris Christie nails Trump for drawing supporters into his prosecution: 'He's indicted because of his outrageous conduct'

Chris Christie knocked down Donald Trump's attempts to draw his supporters into his criminal prosecutions.

The former president told a conservative audience that he considered the criminal charges "a great badge of honor and courage" and that was "being indicted for you," and the former New Jersey governor and 2024 Republican presidential challenger told CNN's Jake Tapper that was ridiculous.

"He's liar and a coward," Christie said. "He's not getting indicted for anyone other than because of his own conduct. There's no other of the 200 million Americans he spoke about who illegally retained classified national secrets after being asked politely, quietly and professionally for 18 months to voluntarily turn them back over after he left the White House. There's no other of those 200 million Americans who lied to their own lawyers about where those documents were, and there's none of those other 200 million Americans who lied to the prosecutors about it and flashed around documents regarding an Iranian war plan to people who didn't have the clearance to see them."

"Look, he's indicted because of his outrageous conduct, and that's why he's been indicted," Christie added. "He now has the opportunity to go to court and make the government prove that case beyond a reasonable doubt, but now he says he doesn't want to have a trial until after the election in 2024. I don't think he's doing that for us, either. He should resolve this thing before people vote, so that we know exactly who we're voting for, to put behind the desk in the Oval Office. When he says he's doing it for us, that's a lie, and when he was doing all the things that he was doing with those documents, it shows exactly what a coward he is."

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