Christie predicts Trump ‘won’t be able to vote for himself’ in 2024 due to conviction
by Tara Suter - 12/05/23 9:08 AM ET
Former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie (R) said Monday that he doesn’t think former President Trump will be able to vote for himself in 2024.
Christie said he believes Trump is going to be convicted in the federal criminal case against him in Washington related to efforts to overturn the 2020 election, preventing him from voting.
“He’s going to be convicted,” Christie said. “Imagine this, he’s our nominee, he won’t be able to vote for himself.”
He noted that the former president’s chief of staff, Mark Meadows, reportedly secured an immunity deal in the case and will testify before a grand jury.
Christie said Meadows’s testimony would be influential in Trump’s case because instead of a “liberal prosecutor” talking about the former president, it will be Trump’s former chief of staff, “saying he, Mark Meadows, committed crimes, ’cause you wouldn’t need immunity if you hadn’t committed crimes.”
“And that Donald Trump committed crimes on his watch. That’s very different for conservative voters to hear that from Mark Meadows, than to hear from Jack Smith,” Christie continued.
Christie has made similar comments about Meadows’ deal before.
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