Christie says GOP need tough candidate to face Trump
The former New Jersey governor's remarks come as he inches closer to announcing whether he will join the race.
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The former New Jersey governor's remarks come as he inches closer to announcing whether he will join the race.
The Republican former governor ran for president in 2016 but dropped out after the New Hampshire primary.
Christie, 58, was New Jersey's governor from January 2010 to January 2018. His son Andrew has worked for the team since 2018 and is the Mets' coordinator of international scouting.
The former governor got infected in October after he attended a ceremony at the White House where few people wore masks.
The ruling comes amid a setback in the nationwide fight against COVID-19 and a dire warning about so-called "COVID fatigue."
Christie said he wasn't careful for just a short period and it almost cost him his life.
Former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie is revealing his regrets after spending a week in the ICU battling coronavirus.
In a statement, Christies says he was wrong in believing he would be safe on White House grounds.
The former New Jersey governor believes he contracted the virus either at a Rose Garden ceremony in September or in meetings with President Donald Trump.
Christie had checked himself into Morristown Medical Center on Oct. 3 as a precautionary measure due to his history of asthma.
Chris Christie has tested positive for COVID-19, the former Governor of New Jersey announced on Twitter on Saturday.
Christie said he tested negative Tuesday and was tested again Friday morning. He expects those results tomorrow.
Christie's former aide Bridgette Kelly and former Port Authority Executive Director Bill Baroni appealed their convictions in the scandal.
Former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie made an unexpected visit to the United States Supreme Court on Tuesday as justices heard arguments in the "Bridegate" corruption case.
Bridget Kelly and Bill Baroni were convicted of purposely changing traffic patterns near the bridge which caused major gridlock.
U.S. District Judge Susan Wigenton signed an order shortly after attorneys for Bill Baroni, who had started serving an 18-month sentence in April, filed it.
The Supreme Court agreed Friday to hear the "Bridgegate" case involving former Christie aides Bridget Kelly and Bill Baroni.
"I don't understand how he can put his head on the pillow," said Bridget Kelly.
Kelly and Bill Baroni were convicted of plotting to cause traffic jams near the George Washington Bridge to punish the mayor of Fort Lee, who refused to endorse Christie for reelection.
An appointee of former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie learned Tuesday that he will spend less time in prison for his role in the George Washington Bridge lane-closing scandal.
Attorneys for Bill Baroni are seeking to return the case to federal district court so he can obtain a new sentence and start serving it.
Chris Christie cited family reasons in a statement saying that he was asking Trump to remove him from consideration.
Outgoing Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi and former Attorney General William Barr, who served in the role under President George H. W. Bush, are also under consideration, CBS News reported.
The move signals the Democratic governor's stance to keep New Jersey's traditional partisan balance of judges on the court.
Two convicted former allies of former Republican New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie will have their appeals considered by a federal court next month.
