Christie: ‘I Don’t Think the President Will Fire Mueller’

STEPHANOPOULOS: No leaking, Dan, but we did learn this week that there were subpoenas issued for the Trump organization, that appears across the red line that the president had set, which may explain why he’s gotten so intense in these last couple of days.

ABRAMS: Yeah, look, their position has been they’ve always been cooperating. It is possible that’s absolutely true and that this subpoena is just an effort to make sure that that’s the case, to make sure that they have everything, to make sure that there is a legal document in place. But it is so important here to separate McCabe from the Mueller investigation.

Take a step back. What does the Mueller investigation that they’re talking about closing down found so far? That the Russians meddled in the election. That they sought to help Donald Trump in the general election. That members of Trump’s inner circle were meeting with Russians and then lying about it. The question is, why? What happened? Those are still critical questions that have nothing to do with Andrew McCabe that have to be answered.

STEPHANOPOULOS: Finally, Governor Christie, you say the president has been consistent on the Mueller investigation, but don’t you agree that he’s in a world of hurt if he moves to fire Robert Mueller?

CHRISTIE: I don’t think the president will fire Robert Mueller. I don’t think it would be appropriate for him to do so and I don’t think he’ll do it. And if he did do it, it would be inappropriate.

But as to Bob Mueller, he’s conducted this investigation so far with great integrity, without leaking, and by showing results and I don’t think the president’s going to fire someone like that.

STEPHANOPOULOS: Governor Christie, Dan Abrams, thanks very much.