Chris Christie thinks Trump will cop a plea because he fears 'the sound of the jail door'

Chris Christie called out Donald Trump's false bravado and predicted he would eventually accept a plea agreement to avoid prison.

The former president has been indicted on fraud charges in Manhattan and dozens of federal charges in the Mar-a-Lago classified documents case, and the Trump ally-turned-Republican presidential challenger told MSNBC's "Morning Joe" that his braggadocious response to the criminal cases was just an act.

"In my lifetime, if we offer you a plea, which I'm certain they will, and you turn us down and take us to trial and you're convicted, that judge is sending you to jail," said Christie, a former U.S. attorney for New Jersey. "I think that's what he goes to bed every night thinking, every night. 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.'"

"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 added. "So the point of all that is to say, when push comes to shove, I'm not so sure he won't take the plea because if that's the only way he knows he can avoid prison, I think he just may. That's what Republican voters need to think about. You could be confronted with that issue, with someone who maybe even is, you know, your party's nominee. There's no reason for us to give Joe Biden that type of tilted playing field to play on. It's not fair for the country, it's not good for my party."

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