{"id":2001228,"date":"2023-08-15T12:33:01","date_gmt":"2023-08-15T16:33:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/donald-trump-indicted-chris-christie-trashes-trump-for-using-campaign-as-cover-from-indictments\/"},"modified":"2023-08-15T12:33:45","modified_gmt":"2023-08-15T16:33:45","slug":"donald-trump-indicted-chris-christie-trashes-trump-for-using-campaign-as-cover-from-indictments","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/donald-trump-indicted-chris-christie-trashes-trump-for-using-campaign-as-cover-from-indictments\/","title":{"rendered":"Chris Christie slams Trump, accuses him of using campaign as a shield for indictments."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fdonald-trump-indicted-chris-christie-trashes-trump-for-using-campaign-as-cover-from-indictments%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2001228&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>GOP Presidential \u200dCandidate Chris Christie Slams Trump&#8217;s\u200d Claims About Georgia Indictment<\/h2>\n<p>In a\u2064 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/exclusive-she-just-didnt-do-her-homework-sen-rick-scott-reacts-to-his-fiery-interview-with-cnns-brianna-keilar\/\" title=\"EXCLUSIVE: \u2018She Just Didn\u2019t Do Her Homework\u2019 \u2014 Sen. Rick Scott Reacts To His Fiery Interview With CNN\u2019s Brianna Keilar\">fiery interview<\/a> with Fox News, Chris Christie, a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-continuous-media-covid-fear-mongering-may-backfire-and-diminish-democrat-voter-turnout\/\" title=\"The Continuous Media COVID Fear Mongering May BACKFIRE and Diminish Democrat Voter Turnout\">candidate<\/a> for the GOP presidential nomination, \u200dstrongly criticized former President Donald Trump&#8217;s assertion that the\u2062 recent Georgia indictment against him was strategically timed for his campaign. Christie accused \u200bTrump of wanting \u2064to &#8220;have his cake and eat it too.&#8221;<\/p>\n<h3>Three Key Revelations from\u2063 the \u200cGeorgia Indictment Against Donald Trump<\/h3>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;If \u2063she had charged him three years ago, he would have said,\u200c &#8216;What\u2063 a rush to judgment, there&#8217;s been no investigation, no one&#8217;s\u2062 looked into this,\u200c and now they are just charging me for political\u2063 reasons,'&#8221; Christie remarked,\u200c referring to Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Trump has been highly critical of Willis and her investigation into his \u200cattempts to overturn the 2020 election\u2062 in Georgia.\u200b On Monday night, a \u200dgrand jury indicted Trump and \u206218 \u2063others on 41 \u200dcounts, including a violation of \u200cthe Racketeer Influenced \u2062and Corrupt Organizations Act.<\/p>\n<p>Prior to the indictment, Trump took to\u200c his new <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-new-acting-attorney-general-jeff-rosen-recently-wrote-an-essay-on-foreign-influence-in-us-elections-this-tells-us-a-little-about-his-knowledge-of-whats-going-on-today\/\" title=\"The New Acting Attorney General Jeff Rosen Recently Wrote an Essay on Foreign Influence in US Elections \u2013 This Tells Us A Little About His Knowledge of What\u2019s Going On Today\">social media platform<\/a>, Truth Social, to question the timing of the charges, suggesting they\u2063 were a &#8220;fake case&#8221; brought to\u2064 interfere with the \u200celection. However, Christie disagrees with \u200cthis narrative.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;Look, running for president\u200d is his choice. \u200dNo one else \u2064is making him do it, but\u2062 it is not an excuse for the justice system to stop functioning,&#8221; Christie argued.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>It&#8217;s worth noting that Trump is currently facing three other criminal\u2062 cases.\u200c Two are at the federal level, one <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hard-to-imagine-tulsi-gabbard-calls-mar-a-lago-raid-a-blatant-abuse-of-power\/\" title=\"\u2018Hard To Imagine\u2019: Tulsi Gabbard Calls Mar-A-Lago Raid A \u2018Blatant Abuse Of Power\u2019\">involving classified documents<\/a> and the other related to his\u200b efforts to\u2063 overturn the 2020 election \u2063and the January 6, 2021, riots. The third case is being pursued by Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg&#8217;s office, which has charged Trump with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/are-the-charges-brought-against-the-trump-organizations-cfo-part-of-a-witch-hunt-experts-weigh-in\/\" title=\"Are The Charges Brought Against The Trump Organization\u2019s CFO Part Of A Witch Hunt? Experts Weigh In\">falsifying business records<\/a> during the 2016 campaign.<\/p>\n<p>For more details, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\">click \u200chere<\/a> to\u2062 read the full article from The Washington Examiner.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>GOP candidate Chris Christie criticized Donald Trump&#8217;s claim that the Georgia indictment was strategically timed for his campaign. 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