Former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie said Tuesday he's often advised President Donald Trump to stay quiet about the ongoing Russia investigation, but the president has ignored that.
"There's no way you can make this investigation shorter, but there are lots of ways you can make it longer," Christie told MSNBC's "Morning Joe" that he's told Trump.
"The way you can do that is to keep talking about it and tweeting about it, because every time you do that, prosecutors say, 'Great, more things for us to chase down.'"
He added while promoting his new book "Let Me Finish: Trump, the Kushners, Bannon, New Jersey, and the Power of In-Your-Face Politics" that he's given Trump that advice at least two dozen times over the last two years.
Christie said he's also told Trump not to be fooled when his "C-level legal team" tells him that special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation will be over quickly because as a former federal prosecutor, he has known Mueller for years and he knows the probe could take a long time.
Christie also commented that it "makes no sense" to him that Trump takes advice from son-in-law and adviser Jared Kushner.
"This is part of the issue of having family work for you," said Christie. "I've always said I never wanted any members of my family working for me because if I had to fire them, I'd have to also sit with them at Thanksgiving and that's a really uncomfortable thing."
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