krrgs for that. that he has been removed from the transition team. put out a steme earlier this day and now appears that the chairman of the house intelligence committee, the republican from california, devin nunez, may be the most likely name being floated right now as a potential head of intelligence. this is notable because, of course, chris christie's relationship with donald trump's son-in-law jared kushner, goes back for quite a ways. it was jared kushner's own father who was prosecuted and imprisoned by chris christie himself. so, the bottom line here is there's like this loyalty test, in some form. you don't want to overstate it. but, obviously, donald trump is inclined to focus on those who have stood by his side through the course of this campaign. we're told by sources close to president-elect trump that he was not in effect satisfied with governor christie's handling during some of the tougher times in this campaign. and as a result, those with close ties to chris christie, including chris christie himself, appear to be being