Documents charges against Trump will be hard for his defense team to overcome, Chris Christie says

New charges brought against erstwhile President and Republican nominee front-runner Donald Trump apt solidify the lawsuit against him, according to chap Republican statesmanlike campaigner Chris Christie.

The erstwhile New Jersey politician told CNN's "State of the Union" that the latest slate of charges, which are portion of a lawsuit concerning the erstwhile president's alleged effort to withhold classified documents aft leaving the White House, volition lone fortify an already seemingly coagulated case. Trump was indicted connected national charges surrounding his purported effort to discount verified votes during the 2020 statesmanlike election.

"It's beauteous brazen," Christie said. "These guys were acting similar the Corleones with nary experience."

The charges allege Trump willingly withheld classified documents from the national government, arsenic good arsenic reportedly deleting video footage from his Mar-a-Lago Club successful Florida past year.

"You can't accidental determination was nary underlying imaginable transgression here," helium said. "This was the withholding of confidential classified accusation from the authorities aft 18 months of asking Donald Trump to instrumentality it voluntarily.

Trump's lawyer, John Lauro, said connected Sunday that erstwhile Vice President Mike Pence would apt beryllium a cardinal witnesser successful the lawsuit concerning allegations of attempts to overturn the 2020 election, though Pence has yet to beryllium formally subpoenaed.