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☆ Donald Trump is a paper tiger, I am not afraid of him: Former NJ Gov. Chris Christie
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-20 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

Share Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailDonald Trump is a paper tiger, I am not afraid of him: Former NJ Gov. Chris ChristieChris Christie, former New Jersey governor and 2024 presidential candidate, joins 'Squawk Box' to discuss the upcoming presidential election, how the country got into its current inflation issue, and more.

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☆ Chris Christie lures big donors as he takes on Trump, while billionaire ally Cohen sits out
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-20 | by ( Brian Schwartz | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

A person close to Cohen told CNBC that Cohen has yet to donate to either Christie's campaign or the allied super PAC called Tell It Like It Is. Cohen has no immediate plans to help Christie or get involved with the GOP primary at large, but his intentions could always change, this person added. Wall Street executive and former Trump communications director Anthony Scaramucci previously told Semafor he expected Cohen to support Christie. Colin Reed, a spokesman for the Christie super PAC, would not say who has donated to the group so far and only described the funding support as "overwhelming." The data also shows that Cohen later contributed $1 million toward Trump's inaugural celebration — at a time when Christie also publicly supported Trump.

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☆ Chris Christie's appeal with moderates and previous ties to Trump helped make him the 'George Washington' of sports betting, former lobbyist said
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-18 | by ( Hannah Getahun | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

His ties to former Donald Trump helped foster relationships with companies, per the Times. One such company was sports betting site DraftKings, the Times reported. Christie asserts that his time working with the company did not overlap with his time working with Trump. Sports betting companies like DraftKings also paid Christie thousands to advise and lobby their interests. One unnamed source told the outlet that one company, Scientific Games, paid Christie $30,000 a month as a consultant in 2018.

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Washington CNN —Republican presidential candidate Chris Christie said Sunday it was a “useless idea” to force 2024 GOP contenders to sign a pledge to back the party’s ultimate nominee in order to participate in primary debates. “It’s only in the era of Donald Trump that you need somebody to sign something on a pledge. Trump, as a candidate in 2015, did not rule out an independent run for president at a debate in Cleveland. He ultimately signed a pledge to support the party’s eventual nominee and to not run as a third-party candidate if he did not win the GOP nomination. The RNC announced earlier this month that the first presidential primary debate will take place on August 23 in Milwaukee.

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☆ Opinion | The Impossible Task of Defending Donald Trump
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-14 | by ( Jesse Wegman | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +3 min

In this account, the “deep state” has always had it in for Mr. Trump, targeting him for things that other officials, especially Democrats, get away with. “If you’re Donald Trump, they’re going to come get you for anything,” Byron Donalds, a Florida congressman, said on CNN on Tuesday. In contrast, it has taken the government more than a year to get the hundreds of classified documents Mr. Trump took from the White House. Even now, it would be foolish to assume that everything in Mr. Trump’s possession has been turned over. And what of Mrs. Clinton, against whom Mr. Trump still seems to believe he is running, seven years later?

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Trump has long accused it and the U.S. Justice Department of being out to get him. Trump's closest rival for the nomination, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, decried the "weaponization" of federal bureaucracy after Trump's indictment. Haley said Trump had acted recklessly, although she also said the FBI and Justice Department had "lost all credibility with the American people." None of the Republican president campaigns responded to requests for comment about their criticism of federal law enforcement and calls for an overhaul. A spokesman for the Justice Department, which oversees the FBI, declined to comment.

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☆ Analysis: Why Chris Christie's presidential bid remains a long shot
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-13 | by ( Harry Enten | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

CNN —Republican Chris Christie is hoping the second time’s the charm when it comes to White House runs. He’s not alone among the major Republican contenders polling south of 5% on average – seven others also fit the description. It’s not unheard of for candidates polling below 5% (or even at 1%) at this point in the cycle to win their party’s nomination. lies with the two candidates polling above 5%: former President Donald Trump and Florida Gov. Upon officially declaring his bid, he jumped into the double digits in the Republican horserace and saw his unfavorable ratings decline.

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☆ Trump delivers fiery post-indictment speech: 'They're coming after you'
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-10 | by ( Matt Dixon | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +8 min

They're coming after you — and I'm just standing in their way," Trump said. The indictment alleged that Trump not only withheld classified documents but lied to federal agents and investigators about his involvement. Another person in attendance was the conservative Trump ally Rep. Marjorie Taylor, R-Ga., whom the former president brought onstage for brief remarks. He said the details of the Trump indictment were "devastating." Trump was also set to speak at the North Carolina Republican Party's annual convention on Saturday night.

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☆ Trump set to deliver fiery post-indictment speech: 'They're coming after you'
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-10 | by ( Matt Dixon | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +7 min

"In the end, they're not coming after me, they're coming after you -- and I'm just standing in their way," Trump will say, according to his prepared remarks. The indictment alleges Trump not only withheld classified documents but lied to federal agents and investigators about his involvement. "The weaponization of federal law enforcement represents a mortal threat to a free society," Florida Gov. He said the details of the Trump indictment is "devastating." Trump was also set to speak at the North Carolina Republican Party's annual convention on Saturday night.

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☆ Reactions to charges against Donald Trump in classified documents case
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-10 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

[1/3] Former U.S. President and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump gestures during a campaign event in Manchester, New Hampshire, U.S., April 27, 2023. REUTERS/Brian SnyderJune 9 (Reuters) - Court documents made public on Friday detailed 37 criminal counts against former U.S. President Donald Trump, including charges of unauthorized retention of classified documents and conspiracy to obstruct justice after he left the White House in 2021. *Senator John Barrasso, chairman of the Senate Republican Conference“This indictment certainly looks like an unequal application of justice. Hillary Clinton had a computer server in her house with classified documents. It feels political, and it’s rotten.”*Democratic Senator Debbie Stabenow"He stored highly classified documents in his bathroom!?

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☆ Chris Christie — a onetime Trump ally turned foe — calls the case laid out in the indictment 'devastating'
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-10 | by ( Sarah Gray | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Chris Christie, once a Donald Trump ally, called the facts of the federal indictment "devastating." Christie is one of two 2024 GOP rivals not to defend Trump following these new allegations. On Friday evening, Christie was one of two rivals not to defend Trump over the 37-count indictment against the former president. During the 2016 primaries, Christie dropped out and roughly two weeks later endorsed then-candidate Trump — the first GOP governor to do so — ahead of Super Tuesday. Christie is now running against Trump in the 2024 GOP primary.

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☆ Trump's Republican rivals criticize 'weaponization' of DOJ after indictment
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-09 | by ( Nathan Layne | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

"The weaponization of federal law enforcement represents a mortal threat to a free society," DeSantis, who is running a distant second behind Trump in the polls, wrote on Twitter. Scott, who is polling in the single digits, also criticized what he called the "weaponization" of federal prosecutors. A spokesperson for Special Counsel Jack Smith, the Justice Department official who is handling the investigation, declined to comment. Rivals are wary of angering Trump's base, which is thought to make up 30% of the Republican electorate and is largely unshakeable in support for Trump. If the indictments pile up, Coughlin predicts the other Republican candidates will start to argue that Trump cannot win the general election.

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☆ Pence attacks Trump as he challenges his ex-boss in 2024 White House race
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-07 | by ( Tim Reid | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +5 min

During Trump's tumultuous four years in the White House, Pence repeatedly defended him through multiple scandals. Pence, who turned 64 on Wednesday, joins a crowded nominating contest that is currently a two-man race between front-runner Trump and Florida Governor Ron DeSantis. Trump supporters stormed the Capitol during the certification process, forcing Pence, family members, lawmakers and staff to flee to safety. "The American people deserve to know that on that day, President Trump also demanded that I choose between him and the Constitution. As president, Trump appointed conservative U.S. Supreme Court justices who helped end the national right to abortion last year.

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☆ North Dakota Governor Doug Burgum joins 2024 Republican primary race
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-07 | by ( Joseph Ax | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

June 7 (Reuters) - North Dakota Governor Doug Burgum entered the 2024 Republican presidential campaign on Wednesday, further expanding a crowded field of candidates led by former President Donald Trump. "I grew up in a tiny town in North Dakota," Burgum says. His announcement event was being held in Fargo, near his hometown of Arthur, North Dakota. Like many other Republican governors, Burgum has signed laws banning abortion and restricting transgender rights, including gender-affirming care for minors, although the measures go unmentioned in the video. Unlike many Republican governors, however, Burgum has called for North Dakota to achieve carbon neutrality by decade's end, although his strategy involves improving carbon capture technology rather than any limits on fossil fuels.

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☆ North Dakota Governor Doug Burgum to join 2024 Republican primary race
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-07 | by ( Joseph Ax | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

June 7 (Reuters) - North Dakota Governor Doug Burgum is expected to announce his campaign for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination on Wednesday, further expanding a crowded field of candidates led by former President Donald Trump. "I grew up in a tiny town in North Dakota," Burgum says. His announcement event is being held in Fargo, near his hometown of Arthur, North Dakota. Like many other Republican governors, Burgum has signed laws banning abortion and restricting transgender rights, including gender-affirming care for minors, although the measures go unmentioned in the video. Unlike many Republican governors, however, Burgum has called for North Dakota to achieve carbon neutrality by decade's end, although his strategy involves improving carbon capture technology rather than any limits on fossil fuels.

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☆ Factbox: Who are the Republican candidates running for president?
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-07 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +6 min

June 22 (Reuters) - At least 10 Republican candidates have announced that they will try to win their party's nomination to take on Democratic President Joe Biden in the November 2024 election. DONALD TRUMPTrump, 77, announced his election campaign last November as he faced criticism from within his Republican Party over his support for far-right candidates who were defeated in the midterm elections. Like Biden, the former president remains unpopular with swaths of the electorate. DOUG BURGUMDoug Burgum, who is serving his second four-year term as North Dakota's governor, launched his campaign earlier this month. FRANCIS SUAREZMiami Mayor Francis Suarez, 45, is the only Hispanic candidate in the Republican field and the third candidate from Florida along with Trump and DeSantis.

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CNN —Former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie said Wednesday he was “wrong” about former President Donald Trump, whom he twice supported and advised ahead of the 2020 election. Christie told Tapper that 2024 is a different atmosphere from 2016, when Christie first ran against Trump and Trump cruised to the nomination by splitting a crowded field. This time, Christie argued, Trump has a political record to run against. Reacting to a Trump video mocking his weight, Christie said, “It just renewed in my own mind what a child he is.

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☆ Politics has reached the point where Trump wants to know if Chris Christie has a problem with 'SIZE'
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-07 | by ( Matthew Loh | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Trump wants to know if Chris Christie has a problem with "SIZE." Christie, a onetime Trump ally turned sworn rival, announced his 2024 campaign on Tuesday. Trump then uploaded a video edited to make it look like Christie was at a buffet. Their latest clash has seen Trump unveil a new strategy — making cryptic references to Christie and "SIZE." "How many times did Chris Christie use the word SMALL?

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☆ Christie takes aim at Trump in 2024 presidential bid
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-07 | by ( Reuters Editorial | ) www.reuters.com time to read: 1 min

PoliticsChristie takes aim at Trump in 2024 presidential bidPostedFormer New Jersey Governor Chris Christie on Tuesday launched his 2024 presidential campaign with a withering attack on the Republican front-runner, Donald Trump, calling him a "self-serving mirror hog" and faulting other rivals for avoiding direct confrontation. Ryan Brooks reports.

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☆ Chris Christie runs for presidency to ‘take out Trump’
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-07 | by ( Reuters Editorial | ) www.reuters.com time to read: 1 min

PoliticsChris Christie runs for presidency to ‘take out Trump’PostedFormer New Jersey Governor Chris Christie, who advised Donald Trump's White House campaign in 2016 only to become a vocal critic of the former president in recent months, launched his bid for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination on Tuesday (June 6).

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☆ Fact Check-Photo of former New Jersey Governor Chris Christie altered to exaggerate body size
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-06 | by ( Reuters Fact Check | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

A photograph of former New Jersey Governor Chris Christie speaking at a 2012 public event has been edited to increase the width of his arms and torso, leaving some social media users confused about his actual appearance. Examples of Facebook users sharing the photo as if it were authentic can be seen (here) and (here). The original version is credited to Reuters photographer Bryan Snyder and shows Chris Christie speaking at a campaign rally alongside then Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney in Exeter, New Hampshire. The misleading image has been shared days before Christie is expected to officially launch his campaign for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination (here), (here). A Reuters picture of Christie at a 2012 campaign rally has been edited to depict him as larger than in the original photo.

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☆ Former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, a top GOP Trump critic, files paperwork to launch 2024 presidential campaign
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-06 | by ( Kevin Breuninger | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

U.S. Republican presidential candidate and New Jersey governor Chris Christie speaks during the Heritage Action for America presidential candidate forum in Greenville, South Carolina on September 18, 2015. But while much of the GOP establishment softened its stance on Trump in the ensuing months, Christie kept up his criticism. "You better have somebody on that stage who will do to him what I did to Marco, because that's the only thing that's going to defeat Donald Trump," Christie said in March. Ron DeSantis officially joined the Republican primary race, becoming the top non-Trump contender. Allies of the former New Jersey governor recently launched a super PAC, Tell It Like It Is, to support his run for president.

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☆ Trump backer-turned-critic Chris Christie to make White House run official
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-06 | by ( Joseph Ax | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

June 6 (Reuters) - Former New Jersey Governor Chris Christie is expected to formally announce his 2024 presidential campaign on Tuesday in New Hampshire, joining a growing Republican field led by Donald Trump. A former federal prosecutor, Christie, 60, has argued he is the only potential rival with the skills and willingness to attack Trump directly. He netted just 1% support from potential Republican primary voters in a Reuters/Ipsos poll in May, compared to Trump's 49% support and Florida Governor Ron DeSantis' 19% support. That strategy may entice Republican voters who are ready to move past Trump, but it remains unclear whether any Republican can prevail without the support of Trump's still-loyal base. Despite his early support for Trump, Christie was passed over for vice president and for attorney general, and was fired as the head of Trump's transition team just three days after the 2016 election.

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☆ Republican Christie files paperwork for 2024 U.S. presidential race
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-06 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: 1 min

WASHINGTON, June 6 (Reuters) - Former New Jersey Governor Chris Christie will seek the 2024 Republican presidential nomination, according to a filing made on Tuesday with U.S. Federal Election Commission. Reuters was not able to immediately confirm the authenticity of the filing. Reporting by Eric Beech; Editing by Tim AhmannOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Persons: Chris Christie, Eric Beech, Tim Ahmann Organizations: Former New Jersey, U.S, Federal, Commission, Reuters, Thomson

☆ Former VP Mike Pence officially enters 2024 Republican presidential race
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-05 | by ( Tim Reid | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

WASHINGTON, June 5 (Reuters) - Former U.S. Vice President Mike Pence on Monday declared himself a candidate in the 2024 Republican race for the White House,setting up a fight against former President Donald Trump. Pence joins a growing field of Republican candidates, which includes Trump, U.S. North Dakota Governor Doug Burgum is also planning to enter the race on Wednesday, according to a person familiar with Burgum's plans. Former New Jersey Governor Chris Christie is jumping into the race on Tuesday, bringing the total number of Republican candidates into double digits. Reporting by Katharine Jackson; editing by Tim Ahmann and Ross ColvinOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

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