Melania laughed after Trump promised not to air the family's dirty laundry: ex-insider

Source: www.rawstory.com · Section: politics · Bias: Left · Published: Fri, 17 Jul 2026 02:26:47 GMT

A former insider described a memory of Melania Trump bursting into laughter when Trump promised to keep a secret.During an interview on This is Gavin Newsom, ex-Trump ally and former GOP governor Chris Christie recalled a dinner with Trump and Melania long before they were in the White House.The dinner took place before Christie stepped down as a U.S. attorney in 2008 and after Ivanka Trump met her future husband, Jared Kushner, in 2007. Christie had prosecuted Kushner's father, whom Christie remembered as "the most disgusting defendant" he prosecuted.During the dinner, Trump asked Christie if he had any dirt on the Kushners. Newsome and Christie noted that Trump at one point wanted Ivanka to date retired NFL star quarterback Tom Brady instead."Which I thought was legitimate, like, as a father, my daughter's marrying into this family, like, what the hell," Christie said. "He said to me, 'But I know that you must have more dirt on him that you got in the investigation than you put out there. Can you share that with me so I can use it?'"Christie said his response was "I can't tell you whether I do or I don't, but let's assume for the sake of argument that I do." He then explained to Trump that federal rules of criminal procedure don't permit him to make any of that information public in any way."It's a crime for me to do it," Christie remembered telling Trump. "He leaned over and put his hand on my forearm, and he said, 'Chris, it'll just be between us.' And Melania burst out laughing."Christie remembered that Melania "looked at me and she said, 'Chris, if this is something that will get you in trouble, don't give it to him because he can't keep a secret.'"However, Christie added that he was still invited to Ivanka's wedding with Kushner in 2009.

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