Republican presidential candidate Chris Christie said Donald Trump's son-in-law, Jared Kushner, lied to a federal grand jury to protect his standing in the family.
During an interview on ABC's This Week, Christie responded to reports that Kushner told a grand jury that Trump sincerely believed he had won the 2020 election.
Christie, a former prosecutor, said Kushner had lied to the grand jury by telling them that Trump truly believed he won the 2020 election.
"As far as what's going on with Donald Trump in terms of these charges, the fact is that he doesn't believe he won," he explained. "He was concerned before the election that he was losing, and I know that because he said it to me directly. So he knows he didn't win, but his ego, George, won't permit him to believe that he's the only person in America, outside the state of Delaware, to ever have lost to Joe Biden."
Christie argued that Kushner would lie to the grand jury to please Trump.
"He doesn't want to be disinvited to Thanksgiving, George, so he said what he needed to say," Christie said.
