'Give me a break': Chris Christie slams Ghislaine Maxwell's Trump praise as phony

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https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/08/24/chris-christie-ghislaine-maxwell-donald-trump/85808132007/

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[u/fungobat]

"I don't think Donald Trump had anything to do with Jeffrey Epstein that was untoward or illegal, but we're going to believe Ghislaine Maxwell?" Christie asked. "Give me a break."

Yea, let's give this quote some context.

[u/Hair_I_Go → u/fungobat]

Yeah, he sucked up to him and Frump still went after him

[u/kyleb402 → u/Hair_I_Go]

Which is a surefire signal that he had something to do with Jeffrey Epstein that was untoward or illegal.

Hit dogs holler.

[u/already-redacted]

No one will be defending Trump after he’s out of power

[u/sonicsludge → u/already-redacted]

They'll be too busy defending themselves since I'll never let them forget what they did.

[u/confused_ma]

Only a fool will believe what she said. Guess all the congressional republicans will be parroting the next few weeks.

[u/GuelphEastEndGhetto → u/confused_ma]

Yeah I’d put more trust in some ceviche from a food truck parked in a deserted industrial area.

[u/disidentadvisor]

Oh, you mean the testimony given under promise to bypass her sentencing and move her to a club fed???? :o

[u/Former-Surprise902]

She wasn’t even in the news cycle until a couple months ago. All the sudden she is useful again. Now she’s a minimum security prison. 🤔

[u/CommercialRemote3325]

Hey close the beach for me guy is still alive

[u/spikychristiansen → u/CommercialRemote3325]

good old fashioned corruption is getting it done at twice the cost and a little something for yourself on the side. trump corruption is getting nothing done at triple the price. it's definitely a downgrade.

[u/emotions1026 → u/spikychristiansen]

I remember when Chris Christie ran for president in 2016 I thought “oh god he’s terrible there’s no way we could handle him becoming president”, if only I realized it could be so much worse.

[u/drop_tbl → u/emotions1026]

lol i was just thinking the exact same thing.

[u/SlipNSlider54 → u/CommercialRemote3325]

At least he’s not an orange pedo though

[u/counterweight7 → u/SlipNSlider54]

Yeah. NJ resident here. Christie wasn’t great but he put kushners dad in jail. He is “old school corrupt” but not MAGA. I truly believe Christie is actually a patriot. He was a good governor in the sense of justice. I’d take him for president over this orange fuck any day

[u/OnceanAggie]

How long until his house is ransacked by the FBI?

[u/WakingOwl1 → u/OnceanAggie]

There’s already been a rant about him with an implied threat.

[u/TheWearySnout]

Go fuck yourself, Christie.

[u/AdventurerBKRB]

Christie got rewarded with a potential bridgegate investigation by our Mafia Emperor.

[u/DukeOfJokes]

Don't forget, she also tried to get Biden to pardon her as well, but he wanted nothing to do with it.

[u/hulsey76]

Well duh.

[u/VanceKelley]

Nobody on earth has been waiting for Chris Christie to weigh in on whether Ghislaine Maxwell could be trusted.

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[u/No_Draft_8960]

Who?

[u/Zero40k]

If she said Trump was all up in there and participated, you guys would be praising her word as the truth. 

Couple of you might say, Ooh not me Im a smart liberal. But lets be real, you guys would.

[u/Closefromadistance → u/Zero40k]

We all knew that wasn’t going to happen when he relocated her to a luxury prison in Texas, so not even worth the “IF” scenario.