Christie Blasts Woodward As ‘Stenographer’ For Steve Bannon

on December 4, 2017 in Washington, DC.
WASHINGTON, DC - DECEMBER 04: New Jersey Governor Chris Christie (C) speaks to attorney Ted Olson (R) in front of the U.S. Supreme Court December 4, 2017 in Washington, DC. The Supreme Court was scheduled to hear Ch... WASHINGTON, DC - DECEMBER 04: New Jersey Governor Chris Christie (C) speaks to attorney Ted Olson (R) in front of the U.S. Supreme Court December 4, 2017 in Washington, DC. The Supreme Court was scheduled to hear Christie vs. NCAA on whether states can legalize sports betting. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images) MORE LESS
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Former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie on Tuesday accused Bob Woodward of acting as former White House adviser Steve Bannon’s “stenographer,” and said Woodward hadn’t performed “rudimentary journalistic fact checking.”

“To be clear, a number of the statements attributed to me and from others to me in the Woodward book are incorrect,” Christie said.

Numerous current and former administration officials and Trump affiliates have disputed Woodward’s claims in the book, but Woodward has consistently stood by his work. 

On the New York Times’ “The Daily” podcast Tuesday, Woodward said: “After the information in ‘Fear’ started breaking last week, one key person, who’s in office, called me and said ‘Everyone knows what you’ve said here is true. It’s one thousand percent correct.’ And then this person has said some public things that contradict that. And I’m not happy, but I have a smile on my face because the truth in all of this is going to emerge.”

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  1. Oh, please go away, you fucking has-been. No one wants to hear from you anymore. Your fluffing of Donald Trump was a tired act months ago, and now it is beyond pathetic. Go stuff another French-fried emu into your face and STFU.

  2. Ya gotta love his magenta power tie and his “You, too, can have a body like this! Ask me how!” attitude.

  3. “Hey, I just had lunch with Trump. Do you see any shame stuck between my teeth?”

  4. Avatar for iceape iceape says:

    Apparently Woodward has tapes. I hope he has recordings of Christie and releases them to the public.

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