Former Gov. Chris Christie (R), who rose to prominence as a U.S. Attorney, told ABC News hours before the release of the readout of President Trump’s phone call with the Ukraine president that Trump would be in trouble if he used language like “do me a favor.”

Said Christie: “For instance, if he’s saying, listen, do me a favor, go investigate Joe Biden, that’s one thing. If he’s saying, listen, I’m concerned about corruption, you’ve just gotten elected. We send hundreds of millions of dollars over there, you need to start looking at this, for instance, one of the things that occurred was the Hunter Biden situation, that becomes totally different.”

According to the transcript, Trump said: “I would like you to do us a favor.”

Former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie (R) told ABC News that one remark Michael Cohen made during his House Oversight Committee testimony should worry President Trump.

Said Christie: “The words that he said today that would send a chill up my spine at the White House would be, ‘I am in constant contact with the southern district.'”

Former Gov. Chris Christie told Stephen Colbert that President Trump “blew it” and “got rolled” when he shut the government down with no plan on how to reopen it.

Said Christie: “If you’re going to do this, you’d better have an exit plan.”

Christie said he still agrees with Trump’s policies “more than I agree with Hillary Clinton’s,” but admitted that Trump “has turned the Republican Party into something different that it was when I started to run for president.”

When asked if he would be a better president than Trump, Christie didn’t hesitate responding: “Yes.”

Former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie (R) told ABC News that President Trump is like a “72-year-old relative,” saying that it’s hard to convince them they’re not doing the right thing.

Said Christie: “When people get older, they become more and more convinced of the fact that what they’re doing is the right thing and it becomes harder to convince them otherwise.”

Former Gov. Chris Christie told the New York Times that he told President Trump he doesn’t want to be considered to replace John Kelly as White House chief of staff.

Said Christie: “It’s an honor to have the president consider me as he looks to choose a new White House chief-of-staff. However, I’ve told the president that now is not the right time for me or my family to undertake this serious assignment. As a result, I have asked not to be considered for this post.”

Former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie (R) is being considered to replace Jeff Sessions as attorney general, two sources familiar with the matter tell CBS News.

“No decisions are expected soon, and the list of those being considered — which also includes Rudy Giuliani, outgoing Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi, and former Attorney General William Barr, who served under President George H. W. Bush — is likely to grow in the coming days.”