The events leading up to the Capitol riot were driven from the top, according to Chris Christie.
On Sunday, Christie made these comments on ABC News' "This Week" hosted by George Stephanopoulos. The former governor was responding to a comment from Stephanopoulos about a PowerPoint presentation sent by then-White House Chief of Staff MarkMeadows detailing how the Trump team could work to overturn the election.
This Week is on December 12, 2021.
Stephanopoulos said that they were learning more about what was going inside the White House in the days leading up to the election. It may explain why the former president and his allies are not cooperating.
The things that are being revealed about the Jan. 6 riot were driven from the top.
The president made it clear that he would not concede the election. Christie said that a lot of people were around him by the time we got to the end.
The "C-team players" told Donald Trump what he wanted to hear.
There were a lot of people outside who told him this was over and he needed to concede. Christie said that he didn't want to hear that.
Christie was critical of Nancy Pelosi's decision to block Kevin McCarthy's GOP picks for the House Select Committee.
The credibility of the committee has been affected by the fact that she dictated who the minority party could have on it.
The facts are going to come out, but we shouldn't kid ourselves. The process was executed by the C-team players. Christie said that it looked like a Keystone Cops operation.
Christie's latest comments are in regards to the feud with the former president. Christie urged Trump to "tell the truth" from the 2020 election.
On the next day, Trump released a statement saying that Christie was "just absolutely massacred by his statements that Republicans have to move on from the past, meaning the 2020 Election Fraud."
Chris left New Jersey with a record low approval rating, and they didn't want to hear about it from him. Trump said in his statement.
Trump commented on how sales of his book "dwarf Chris Christie's" in a statement.
Christie accused Trump of withholding his test status and spreading the virus to him.
