Christie should have known he’d never be AG as long as Kushner was running things. Bannon ran into the same problem.
It wasn't that simple.
Christie burned his bridges with the Trump campaign in October 2016 after the release of the infamous "Access Hollywood" tape. Christie was apparently convinced that Trump would never win -- so he immediately began to distance himself from the Trump campaign. The tape was released on a Friday, and the Trump team had an urgent strategy meeting in New York City the following day. Trump's senior campaign advisors huddled in Trump Tower, trying to figure out if they could salvage the sinking ship. Chris Christie refused to answer phone calls from Trump over that weekend.
His future as a player in the Trump administration was destroyed that weekend -- by his own doing.