CALLED OUT

Axios: Chris Christie Says Trump Hired 'Riffraff' in His Cabinet

The burn is was made in former New Jersey Governor Chris Christie's forthcoming memoir "Let Me Finish," which is out Jan. 29.

Former Republican New Jersey Governor Chris Christie called Trump's administration "riffraff" that doesn't control the president's urges in his forthcoming memoir, "Let Me Finish."

This is an exclusive excerpt obtained by Axios:

Donald so urgently needed the right people around him and a solid structure in place. ... Far too often, he’s found himself saddled with the riffraff. ...Instead of high-quality, vetted appointees for key administration posts, he got the Russian lackey and future federal felon Michael Flynn as national security adviser. He got the greedy and inexperienced Scott Pruitt as administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency.He got the high-flying Tom Price as health and human services secretary. He got the not-ready-for-prime-time Jeff Sessions as attorney general, promptly recusing himself from the Justice Department’s Russian-collusion probe. He got a stranger named Rex Tillerson as secretary of state. ...He got the Apprentice show loser Omarosa Manigault in whatever Omarosa’s job purported to be. (I never could figure that one out.) ... Too few Kellyanne Conways. A boatload of Sebastian Gorkas. Too few Steven Mnuchins.

The book will be released on January 29.