Chris Christie Accuses Trump of Using Justice Department Like a Mob Boss: ‘Executes Hits’ on Political Enemies

Christie: “Look, first off, let’s just talk about the Letitia James prosecution specifically, and I’ll get to the broader point. We’re talking about if — even if you agree that she’s guilty of something, which I think we have a long way to go on that, we’re talking about a total loss of $1,800.”

STEPHANOPOULOS: “18 thousand.”

Christie: “No, no, George, because that’s $18,000 over the life of the loan.”

STEPHANOPOULOS: “Oh.”

Christie: “She’s only had the loan for five years. So, you can’t charge somebody for something that they would have gotten 30 years from now. If she sold the house, she wouldn’t get the entire benefit of the lower mortgage rate. She’d only get the amount that she’s been in the house, which is — or owned the house for five years. The standards in the Justice Department manual, as Sarah knows, would not have permitted us to bring this prosecution. Those things are being thrown away. It’s too small amount of money to put federal resources on. We know why this was done. It was done because Donald Trump told the Justice Department to prosecute Letitia James. And when the professionals there wouldn’t do it, he put somebody in who would just follow his instruction, whose previous job was reviewing exhibits at the Smithsonian. So, that’s what we see going on here. And here’s the difference between Trump 2.0 and Trump 1.0, and I’ll say it more directly than Sarah did. This is no longer — the Department of Justice is no longer the premier prosecuting office in America. What it is now is a Capo regime who goes out and executes hits when directed by the Don to do so. That’s what it is.”

BRAZILE: “The season of retribution is in full — full throttle. The president says, and he said, and I had to print it out. I used a lot of ink. Pam — I reviewed over 30 statements. He directed the Attorney General to make a move or else, she made the move. You know, when Richard Nixon did this back in the day, I was still a young kid —“

Christie: “Me too.”

BRAZILE: “Chris, I just want to let you know. Elliot Richardson, the Attorney General, resigned — resigned rather than carry out the corrupt orders of the president. Pam Bondi should have resigned rather than carry out this.”

Christie: “George, one other thing, let’s just remember this. This is going to be motions in court in both the Comey case and in the James case, that this is retaliatory prosecutions directed by the president of the United States. And these cases may very well be dismissed on that basis.”