Jared Kushner told Chris Christie that the legal charges brought against Charles Kushner should have been handled by rabbis instead of legally.
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The Pete Quiñones ShowOct 10, 2026
Multiple sources report that Jared Kushner argued the prosecution of Charles Kushner was a family matter to be handled by the family or the rabbis, not by prosecutors, as recounted in Christie's account. The sources rely largely on Christie's own account, and none contains a Kushner denial, so the claim holds with moderate confidence.
What was said
… But he, um, he tells the story about how the Kushner family, how he became the enemy of the Kushner family and it kept him out of the Trump administration, and the thing in that story that I just, I will never forget, I'll take to the grave, is when he's, Jared Kushner telling Chris Christie that these charges you had brought up on my father, they shouldn't have been handled legally, you should have brought them to the rabbis. Yeah, that's absurd. It's election fraud. Yeah, yeah, yeah, you're not talking about, you're not talking about some minor tax issue or something. Yeah, election fraud, there was a tax issue, um, extortion, I mean. …
The Pete Quiñones Show · · from the transcriptPost →What we found
Supports. The Hill (2019) reports Christie's memoir says Jared Kushner felt the matter should have been handled by family or the rabbis.[1]
Supports. Alternet (2019), citing Politico's account of Christie's book, quotes Jared as saying it was 'a matter to be handled by the family or by the rabbis' rather than by a federal prosecutor.[2]
Supports. Vanity Fair (2023) attributes to Christie's memoir that Kushner argued the sex-tape and blackmail matters were 'matters to be handled by the family or by the rabbis.'[3]
Supports. WNYC (2020) quotes journalist Andrea as saying she corroborated that Jared Kushner said the prosecution 'should have been handled by rabbis, not prosecutors.'[4]
Context. A 2026 Yahoo report says Jared Kushner 'allegedly' made the argument that the case should have been handled by the rabbis, attributing it to Christie's podcast account.[5]
Sources
5 sources: 1 tier 1, 4 not rated
- 1Chris Christie claims Jared Kushner enacted ‘hit job' as revenge for prosecuting fatherthehill.com · tier 1 · cited for: supports
- 2Chris Christie claims Jared Kushner shut him out of ...alternet.org · not rated · cited for: supports
- 3Chris Christie Suggests Jared Kushner May Not Have Been Entirely Truthful When Testifying About Trump's Failed Election Coupvanityfair.com · not rated · cited for: supports
- 4The President's Pardons | The Brian Lehrer Show | WNYC Studioswnycstudios.org · not rated · cited for: supports
- 5Chris Christie claims Jared Kushner got him fired from Trump ...yahoo.com · not rated · cited for: context
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