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<p>It was days before the 2016 election and <a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/even-kellyanne-conway-hates-steve-bannon?ref=topic">Steve Bannon</a> was in a “panic.”</p>
<p><a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/chris-christie-dishes-on-what-turned-him-off-working-for-trump?ref=topic">Chris Christie</a> was about to get on a plane with then-candidate Donald Trump and was thought to be positioning himself to be chief of staff, and Bannon wanted to derail that possibility as quickly as he could, according to excerpts of <a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/kellyanne-conway-glorifies-trump-but-skewers-jared-kushner-and-her-husband-george-conway-in-new-book?ref=topic">Jared Kushner</a>’s new book reviewed by The Daily Beast.</p>
<p>So, he called in Donald Trump’s son-in-law to help.</p>
<p><a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/in-new-book-jared-kushner-writes-he-and-steve-bannon-tag-teamed-to-kneecap-radioactive-chris-christie?source=articles&via=rss">Read more at The Daily Beast.</a></p>
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It was days before the 2016 election and Steve Bannon was in a “panic.”
Chris Christie was about to get on a plane with then-candidate Donald Trump and was thought to be positioning himself to be chief of staff, and Bannon wanted to derail that possibility as quickly as he could, according to excerpts of Jared Kushner’s new book reviewed by The Daily Beast.
So, he called in Donald Trump’s son-in-law to help.
