BOMBSHELL allegations about Trump's family

We're still waiting, desperately waiting for any Republican, any elected Republican to come forward and criticize Donald Trump. We've seen, you know, a few here and there, like Thomas Massey working with Ro Khanna on the Epstein files, but most of the time Republicans wait until they're, you know, not running for another term to start the criticism, or they wait until they're fully out of power to start the criticism.

And I guess former New Jersey Governor Chris Christie is in the latter camp because he is definitely out here doing the criticism, and it's good and necessary and also makes you wonder, why is he doing it? He sees an opening with zero Republicans stepping forward to do the right thing on Trump right now. Remember, Chris Christie led the Trump transition team.

He helped Trump prepare for his debates, including with Hillary Clinton, by actually role-playing as Hillary Clinton during mock debates. So this is someone who helped elevate Trump to his position of power.

So he sees the writing on the wall, and whether it's for politically expedient reasons, his own personal ambitions, or because he is genuinely morally outraged by what is happening, he's going after some big targets here. Most notably, Senator Lindsey Graham and Trump's son-in-law, Jared Kushner, who is currently

doing any number of things in the government, all related to self-dealing and stuffing his pockets. But let's start with a broad criticism for the party with Christie expressing disbelief that there is not even a single Republican right now willing to step forward and criticize Donald Trump, particularly related to his post on Easter Sunday.

Real lack of principles is on display every day in the House of Representatives, in the United States Senate. These people have become lemmings. They only do what he tells them to do. And not only that, they don't even criticize somebody who deserves to be criticized. He put out a post yesterday, which I'm sure many of you saw. And I was going to say exactly what he said. He said, you better open up the fucking straight, you

crazy bastards. Now, look, I'm from New Jersey.

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>>:So you could tell that language flowed pretty easily for me. But come on, man. Like, this is... And Coach Hammerker knows. He coached at Seton Hall, he understands. Like, but, come on. There's not one Republican, not one, who I've seen in the last 24 hours who says, okay,

come on now.

That's enough.

He sounds like me during the show today. Yes, where are they? But we're really waiting for the names. So let's start with Lindsey Graham, a man that Chris Christie calls vapid, vacant as a human being.

Even something as simple as that, Mr. President, those words on Easter Sunday were ill-advised. They can't even do that. They're scared to do that. Because here's why, and this is where the principles come in. They care more about the title than they do about doing the job they have. The best example of this right now in the 535 members of the United States Congress is

Lindsey Graham. This is a man who only cares about his title. Nothing else. Absolutely nothing else. He is a vapid, vacant human being. And for him to say the things that he has said about Donald Trump in the past. And all he wants to do is suck up and play another round of golf. And pray that he gets the endorsement for the United States Senate.

You know, lots of people in my party will say, oh, you know, this is the way it used to be and people lack principles. You got to say the names.

Now to briefly interrupt him going all in on Lindsey Graham there, I have to say, this is a point that I completely agree with. I can't tell you how many times I've heard Democrats tell us during their interviews with various media outlets, oh, you know, behind the scenes, all these Republicans are so disgusted with Donald Trump. They're so anti-Trump.

And my response to that is always, name names. Who are they? Who are the people who are publicly signaling that they support everything Trump does while behind the scenes they hate themselves and hate Donald Trump?

Name them. This politeness thing is over. We're in a fight for survival here. If naming a name makes your job difficult or makes things uncomfortable, good. Thousands of children are eating moldy food in concentration camps.

I think you'll survive having some spineless weasel upset at you in the hallways at work, Senators. So let's hear Chris Christie continue naming names with his commentary on Lindsey Graham here, specifically his betrayal of John McCain in particular.

If you really want to be credible on this, and there's a bunch of other ones that I'll probably say during this hour tonight, but Graham is the first one. And the reason is because a guy who was a hard edged politician, but had some principles was John McCain. And John McCain mentored Lindsey Graham. He saw him as like a son. John McCain, I can guarantee you, is spinning in his grave, watching Lindsey Graham suck up to Donald Trump.

And so I'm disgusted by what my party looks like in Washington.

But where are the other Republicans who are trying to say the same? That is what we need. So it's so important that Chris Christie is doing this because hopefully it leads to headlines and then that will prompt internal chaos and reporters will ask for comment and then that creates friction for these liars and cowards because it's the pressure.

That's really the thing. And Chris Christie continues here, but this needs some context. So Chris Christie recently went on a podcast and he shared the full story of how he built the case to prosecute Jared Kushner's father, Charles Kushner, who is currently the ambassador to France and Monaco. Back in the early 2000s, Charles was found guilty of tax evasion and making illegal campaign contributions. And at the time, Chris Christie was the US attorney prosecuting

the case that he called quote, one of the most loathsome, disgusting crimes that he'd ever prosecuted. And Charles set up his brother-in-law hiring a sex worker to lure him into a hotel room where a hidden camera was placed to record them having sex so the video could be sent to his brother-in-law's wife, Charles Kushner's own sister. But Trump pardoned him and then gave him a job in the administration. And one Democrat voted to confirm Charles Kushner for his current position as ambassador to France and Monaco

His name is Cory Booker. So Chris Christie begins this segment talking about Well, actually Bill Maher Bill Maher getting manipulated by Donald Trump But quickly moves into this podcast appearance where he talked about this case and then he drops a bomb about Trump Apparently trying to break up Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump before they got married.

This famous dinner he had with Bill Maher, and Bill Maher came out charmed, and I just laughed. Bill Maher, probably one of the most cynical people I've ever met in my life. Tells you how skilled Trump is. He can charm you. He has the ability to do it. The problem is he doesn't have the patience or the discipline to do it regularly.

And so he gets himself in a lather. I'll give you one example of this. There's a lot of attention from that podcast about me telling, I was talking to Byron York on the way in about the story of Charlie Kushner and prosecuting Charlie Kushner. One of the outgrowths to that was there was a time when Ivanka Trump, you know, had dated Jared Kushner, they had broken up, then they got back together again and it became clear to Donald Trump that they were gonna get

married. And he has said this publicly that he would have rather had her marry Tom Brady, which might be the only popular thing he could say in New England, to say nice things about Tom Brady. But he was not thrilled, let's say, about this. And I was still the prosecutor at the time. I was still the U.S. attorney when this stuff was going on.

And he asked me to go out to dinner, and he said, do you have anything more on the family so I can break this up? And I thought to myself, haven't I given you enough? Her prospective father-in-law hired a hooker to seduce his own sister's husband, videotape it, hold it, and then send it to her on the day of her son's engagement party.

I look at him, I'm like, not enough, huh? Like to say, there might be a family I might want to stay away from, all right? I mean, but that's Trump. Like when he gets himself worked into a lather, he will say and do anything to get what he

wants. So Trump wanted dirt on the Kushner family. Well, above and beyond the existing extensive dirt that existed before they got married. But I guess after the deed was done, he was fully committed, handing out pardons, giving everyone access, giving everyone jobs. And this is part of it, as Chris explains.

Part of why those surrounding Trump are not stepping out and offering criticism. Because of power. They want to hold onto their power. But in this next clip, he also reveals an important pattern about how Trump operates that we need to keep in mind.

He then went on to discuss how he dealt with his wife when he eventually did get upstairs, which was to tell her it's all bullshit and there's no truth to it, even though it was on video. And he kept saying it and saying it and saying it. That's what he's telling my wife. And then he looks at my wife and he goes, remember something, Mary Pat, if you say something

enough times, whether it's true or not, it becomes true. Now that's the principle. That's how the president convinces himself. As to the people around him, they're not trying to convince themselves. They have a title.

They're in the cabinet. themselves. They have a title.

They're in the cabinet, sit around the cabinet room. People call them Mr. and Madam Secretary. They're getting to do some good things from time to time, both for the country and for themselves. They can't, none of them, well, maybe a few of them because they're stupid, but none of them,

none of the smart ones can rationalize what they're in the middle of. So don't give them that much credit. And the president, just remember, if you say something enough times, whether it's true or not, it becomes true. He doesn't say you can convince people.

That's different. He says it becomes true. That's what he thinks about the 2020 election. He says enough times, it becomes true. That's the principle he lives on.

He says they have a title. They're in the cabinet. They're, in my view, not doing important things. Chris Christie says that sometimes they do important things for the country. Sometimes they're doing good things. Not sure where that's happening. But the last bit in there is important. This is why Trump repeats his lies. He believes that if he repeats it enough times,

it eventually becomes the truth. It eventually becomes the accepted truth that we all believe. All the more reason to keep calling out his lies every single time. So listen, I appreciate Chris Christie doing this. We need to hear these behind the scenes stories. We need Republicans who are close to Trump,

who have been close to Trump, to be honest. I just wish it was a Republican with more to lose, with more current power in the government. Now that is going to do it for me as I wrap my time as guest host today. I want to thank David and Pat for the invitation

and the work behind the scenes to make all of this go smoothly. And I want to thank David's audience for caring about things that matter and staying informed and engaged in the political process, but also for supporting the guest host, me, while David

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