EMAIL DETAILS

President-elect Donald Trump has shaken up his transition team just days after winning the White House, replacing New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie with Vice President-elect Mike Pence at the helm of the effort that will shape his administration when it begins in January, according to a source close to Trump.

While Christie has long been a high-profile surrogate and member of Trump's inner circle, his viability as part of the team was thrown into question when two of his close allies were convicted on charges of fraud and conspiracy elated to the Bridgegate scandal.

The source said Christie "will still be around"- hardly a ringing endorsement - and that Sen. Jeff Session's chief of staff, Rick Dearborn, will help run the transition effort, especially the day-to-day operations.


Read more: http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=9831acb7862f1357a5c6b13130aa4d91621d6f8781b357312e07265b6807cda4
To change your alert settings, please go to http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=9831acb7862f1357c832c7f2d077751adb16b7d488d99037b6d43b3114604767 or http://click.politicoemail.com/profile_center.aspx?qs=c1c81b2ef644fde1dd3c1f6178ef6a8ea3ee660992025bd478a264606e0ca4625d040a975230b2087d6e380b929f4218dd3a0047178c733f
This email was sent to Hbiden@rosemontseneca.com by: POLITICO, LLC 1000 Wilson Blvd. Arlington, VA, 22209, USA


To unsubscribe,http://www.politico.com/_unsubscribe?e=00000158-54ce-d9e5-af5b-fccf9dbf0000&u=0000014e-f0fe-dd93-ad7f-f8fffbc40000&s=da6beca9a3b0faf5a649d12ba5c06e9d154944ce080c9dc3ef37ac50332e4d4693c2a7344e321cad356e67f6e43e0152fc987150394887424a44bce4e30a8112