Trump Considering Chris Christie For Attorney General: Reports

President Donald Trump is considering naming former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie to replace the outsted Attoney General Jeff Sessions, according to various reports.

Two sources told CBS News that Christie is on the list of those being considered along with former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani, outgoing Florida Attorney General Pam Bond and former Attorney General William Barr, who served under President George H. W. Bush.

Christie attended a previously scheduled law enforcement roundtable on prison reform efforts at the White House on Thursday, and then met privately with Jared Kushner, the president's son-in-law and senior adviser, according to CNN.

Christie and Kushner have reportedly been odds for some time, particularly since the former governor prosecuted his father a decade ago when he was US attorney for New Jersey. The feud allegedly played a role in Trump's decision to not pick Christie for vice president.

It's been anybody's guess whether Christie has had any real shot of eventually landing a job in the administration and whether he really wants to take one. Last year, an NJ Advance Media report said Trump had offered Christie at least three positions in his new administration. But he turned them all down.

Those jobs included Homeland Security secretary and Veterans Affairs secretary, as well as U.S. ambassador to Italy, according to the report.

Christie reportedly really wanted to become U.S. attorney general — which was awarded to then Alabama Sen. Sessions. Then he strongly pushed for chairman of the Republican National Committee, but he didn't get that either.

In a Wall Street Journal report last year, Trump offered hope for Christie that he could leave New Jersey before his term expired, and where his approval rating was at a historically low 18 percent.

"There are a lot of positions, and the positions come up again. Because when they're filled, somebody stays for eight years, somebody stays for two years, you never know. But we'll be involved with Chris. Chris is a friend of mine. Chris is a great guy," Trump told the Journal.

Christie has long been dogged by the "Bridgegate" George Washington Bridge lane-closing political payback scheme. Even with these personal crises, Christie also campaigned heavily for the RNC job, according to NJ Advance Media, but he and Trump eventually came to the decision mutually to remove the governor from consideration.

Christie also lost his job as Trump's transition chairman in November 2016 after some of his appointments drew criticism from people outside and inside Trump's inner circle

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