Longtime advisers to Chris Christie have formed a super PAC to support his expected presidential bid as the former New Jersey governor prepares to directly take on Donald Trump in the race for the GOP nomination.
Christie, a former U.S. attorney who is one of the GOP’s most vociferous critics of the former president, has been exploring a presidential bid for months, expressing his frustration that Trump’s current and potential Republican rivals — including Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, former U.N. ambassador Nikki Haley and former vice president Mike Pence — have largely avoided confronting Trump directly.
The formation of the outside group, Tell It Like It Is, is being led by Brian Jones, who was an adviser to the presidential bids of John McCain and Mitt Romney, and is being chaired by Bill Palatucci, a Republican national committeeman from New Jersey and Christie confidant. Super PACs, which can raise and spend unlimited funds but can’t directly coordinate expenditures with candidates, have become commonplace in GOP presidential primaries as operatives look for ways to marshal support from donors.
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