Chris Christie says the DOJ likely had 'no choice' but to raid Mar-a-Lago

Chris Christie believes that the Justice Department probably had no choice but to seize top- secret documents when the FBI raided Mar-a-Lago.

On ABC News' "This Week" on September 11, Terry Moran asked Christie what he thought of the Justice Department's chances in appealing the district judge's decision to side with the Trump legal team.

Christie thinks the Justice Department's chances of successfully appealing the ruling are pretty good. The Trump legal team's argument is that some of the documents may be covered by executive privilege, but that Trump doesn't have the power to do so.

Christie said that it was important to think about why the DOJ carried out the raid in the first place.

The nature of the documents isn't the only thing that matters. We have a good idea of when the event will take place. Christie said that the Department of Justice has been asking nicely, negotiating with his attorneys, taking up partial production, and not responding to a subpoena.

He said that they had no choice but to take them because of their nature.

Christie said that he once had to go to a "special room" where he was not allowed to take pictures or copies of the files in order to view top- secret documents.

Christie said that Trump had top- secret documents in his desk. It's a problem. I don't think he will be charged, but we should get those documents back.

Representatives for Trump and the DOJ didn't reply immediately.

Christie said in August that the FBI's search of Trump's Florida home was a fair game.

11 sets of classified documents were taken during the FBI's raid of Mar-a-Lago. According to The Washington Post, some of the documents may have concerns about nuclear weapons.

The Justice Department is looking into whether Trump broke any federal laws by keeping the documents at his home.

An argument that taking classified documents to Mar-a-Lago is akin to not returning a library book has been made by Trump's team.

There is no evidence that the FBI threw top- secret files all over the floor during the raid.