Chris Christie said Trump might take a plea deal because he 'goes to bed every night thinking about the sound of that jail cell door'

• GOP presidential candidate Chris Christie said he thinks Trump may take a plea deal in his Florida sensitive documents case.

• Christie, the former governor of New Jersey, said it's because Trump goes to bed thinking about possible jail time.

• "He goes to bed every night thinking about the sound of that jail cell door closing behind him."

GOP presidential candidate Chris Christie said former President Donald Trump might take a plea deal in his sensitive documents case in Florida as he said he's afraid of going to jail.

"I'm telling you, no matter what he says, no matter how he's bragging and going on and on about him not being afraid, he goes to bed every night thinking about the sound of that jail cell door closing behind him," Christie said on MSNBC's "Morning Joe."

The former governor of New Jersey said that in his view, the Department of Justice has a tendency to send defendants who turn down a plea deal and get convicted to jail.

"Part of what the Department of Justice has always done under all of the attorneys general that I've seen in my lifetime is if we offer you a plea — which I'm certain they will — and you turn it down and you take us to trial and you're convicted, that judge is sending you to jail," Christie said.