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- Chris Christie said Trump "certainly committed crimes" related to his classified documents indictment.
- He compared the case to "maybe 'Abbott and Costello' meets the 'Corleones.'
- Christie has already qualified for the first GOP presidential debate later in August.
GOP presidential candidate and former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie said former President Donald Trump "certainly committed crimes" related to his federal classified documents case, and he compared the government's allegations against Trump to the fictional family of mobsters in "The Godfather" franchise and slapstick comedians Abbott and Costello.