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The instant New York Times best-selling memoir from the outspoken former governor - an "explosive" (Guardian) "must read" (Hugh Hewitt) account of Chris Christies life in politics including his "not to miss" (Entertainment Weekly) insights into Donald Trump.After dropping out of the 2016 presidential race, Chris Christie stunned the political world by becoming the first major official to endorse Donald Trump. A friend of Trumps for 15 years, the two-term New Jersey governor understood the future president as well as anyone in the political arena - and Christie quickly became one of Trumps most trusted advisers. Tapped with running Trumps transition team, Christie was nearly named his running mate. But within days of Trumps surprise victory over Hillary Clinton, Christie was in for his own surprise: He was being booted out.In Let Me Finish, Christie sets the record straight about his tenure as a corruption-fighting prosecutor and a Republican running a Democratic state, as well as what really happened on the 2016 campaign trail and inside Trump Tower. Christie takes listeners inside the ego-driven battles for Trumps attention among figures like Steve Bannon, Corey Lewandowksi, Reince Priebus, Kellyanne Conway, Jeff Sessions, and Paul Manafort. He shows how the literal trashing of Christies transition plan put the new administration in the hands of self-serving amateurs, all but guaranteeing the Trump presidencys shaky start. Christie also addresses hot-button issues from his own years in power, including what really went down during Bridgegate. And, for the first time, Christie tells the full story of the Kushner saga: how, as a federal prosecutor, Christie put Jared Kushners powerful father behind bars - a fact Trumps son-in-law makes Christie pay for later.Packed with news-making revelations and told with the kind of bluntness few politicians can match, Christies memoir is an essential guide to understanding the Trump presidency.
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Chris Christie is an American politician, former United States Attorney, and political commentator who served as the 55th Governor of New Jersey from 2010 to 2018. During his tenure, he chaired the Republican Governors Association and President Trump's Opioid and Drug Abuse Commission. Christie became an ABC News contributor in 2018 after leaving office.
