With the stroke of a pen Wednesday night, President Donald Trump cast aside one of the most sordid political corruption cases in New Jersey history and repudiated his loyal friend and adviser Chris Christie.
Trump announced he pardoned Charles Kushner, the disgraced father of his son-in-law, Jared Kushner, in a slew of executive actions this week that have included wiping the criminal records of corrupt politicians, people convicted in connection to murdering civilians and advisers sentenced in the special counsel s Russia probe.
Charles Kushner had been one of Christie s most notable targets as U.S. Attorney for New Jersey before he became governor. The real estate developer had been a major Democratic donor and was former commissioner of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey when Christie took a meeting with an attorney who removed a video tape from a manila envelope and slid it across the table, Christie wrote in a book published in 2019.
Chris Christie 2024? Ex-New Jersey Governor Stands Strong On Masks, Calls Out Trump Defeat
12/22/20 AT 9:15 AM
Former New Jersey Governor Chris Christie is setting himself up for a 2024 presidential run by separating himself from President Donald Trump, taking a hard stance on face masks, and denouncing his home state’s COVID crisis response.
Christie didn’t rule out a possible presidential run in 2024, saying on Fox’s “Guy Benson Show” that he’ll make that decision “whether I want to run for president or not based upon my own personal life, my own professional life.
“But most importantly, do I think I have something to contribute to the country that is unique and different than other people who are running? And if I make that decision, then absolutely, I ll run. And if I don t feel that way, then I won t,” he added.
A former New Jersey governor, a Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative journalist, and a Hall of Fame NFL coach will all comprise the 2022 Ringling College Library Association Town Hall Lecture Series.
The five-person lineup was initially scheduled for 2021 but the entire lineup has been pushed back to 2022. The two remaining speakers from the 2020 season neuroscientist Lisa Genova and photographer Annie Leibovitz are scheduled to deliver their presentations in April 2021.
“We now feel confident we can safely resume a full season of the Town Hall lecture series beginning in January 2022,” said RCLA Executive Director Stephanie Grosskreutz in a release.
The speakers for the 2022 season are Chris Christie, Paul Nicklen, Ronan Farrow, Karen Gordon Mills, and Tony Dungy.