Chris Christie said Trump might take a plea deal because he 'goes to bed every night thinking about the sound of that jail cell door'
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- GOP presidential candidate Chris Christie said he thinks Trump may take a plea deal in his Florida sensitive documents case.
- Christie, the former governor of New Jersey, said it's because Trump goes to bed thinking about possible jail time.
- "He goes to bed every night thinking about the sound of that jail cell door closing behind him."
GOP presidential candidate Chris Christie said former President Donald Trump might take a plea deal in his sensitive documents case in Florida as he said he's afraid of going to jail.
"I'm telling you, no matter what he says, no matter how he's bragging and going on and on about him not being afraid, he goes to bed every night thinking about the sound of that jail cell door closing behind him," Christie said on MSNBC's "Morning Joe."
The former governor of New Jersey said that in his view, the Department of Justice has a tendency to send defendants who turn down a plea deal and get convicted to jail.
"Part of what the Department of Justice has always done under all of the attorneys general that I've seen in my lifetime is if we offer you a plea — which I'm certain they will — and you turn it down and you take us to trial and you're convicted, that judge is sending you to jail," Christie said.
Since Christie declared his run for president, he has been increasingly outspoken against Trump. On "Morning Joe," he said it was imperative to attack Trump because he's the frontrunner, and that other candidates can't win by ignoring him.
"You have to beat the man to be the man," Christie said.
Christie hasn't always been so negative about the 45th president. He supported Trump for president in 2016 and 2020, advising the latter campaign.
He called election night 2020, however, his "breaking point" in an interview with CNN.
"Turns out I was wrong. I couldn't make him a better candidate and I couldn't make him a better president, and he disappointed me," Christie said.