- “The more you absolutely antagonize with nonsense arguments on television that your lawyers won’t make in court — because they’re afraid they’ll be sanctioned if they do because they have no evidence — you’re pushing yourself closer to a self-inflicted indictment,” Christie said Sunday on ABC’s “This Week.
- Christie, who has a law degree, competed against Trump in 2016 for the GOP presidential nomination.
- Christie’s comments flow Trump’s legal team losing its fight to block the Justice Department from reviewing the classified materials that FBI agents seized from his Mar-a-Lago residence last month.
- Trump has said he declassified documents but his legal team has yet to provide such evidence in court.
