TRENTON -- Gov. Chris Christie was dumped as the head of Donald Trump's presidential transition team after an ugly clash between the two on election night in November, according to a new book set to be released Tuesday.

In "Devil's Bargain," Christie reportedly arranged to have then-President Barack Obama call his cell phone to offer Trump congratulations on his victory, according to the Daily Mail.

"Hey, Donald. The president talked to me earlier," Christie told Trump, a longtime friend and fellow Republican, after it looked like the the businessman could defeat former U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, according to the report. "If you win he's going to call my phone, and I'll pass it over to you."

Trump responded: "Hey Chris, you know my (expletive) phone number. Just give it to the president. I don't want your (expletive) phone," according to the report.

The report said that "as a germaphobe," Trump was "horrified" at the thought of using Christie's phone, and that aides said the governor committed the "ultimate mistake."

That account was immediately batted down Monday night by a Christie spokesman, Brian Murray, who called it "complete fiction."

"Governor Christie never spoke to President Obama on election night, nor did he make any arrangements for any phone call from the White House to be placed on his cell phone for the president-elect," Murray said.

"He had no conversation on election night, as was relayed in this book, with the president-elect," he said. "The author should be ashamed of himself in passing off this account as true."

The book chronicles Trump's relationship with Steve Bannon, a top adviser on Trump's campaign who currently serves as the White House chief strategist. It's written by Joshua Green, a senior national correspondent for Bloomberg Businessweek.

Trump dropped Christie as the head of his transition teams days after he won the election.

The move prompted speculation that the governor was let loose because of his chilly relationship with Jared Kushner, Trump's New Jersey-bred son-in-law and then senior adviser to the president elect. When Christie was U.S. attorney, he prosecuted Kushner's father for tax evasion, witness tampering and illegal campaign donations.

Several aides to the president later regretted the decision to cut Christie loose, The New York Times reported in April.

Christie has reportedly turned down multiple job offers from Trump, though he was passed over for the one position he purportedly wanted: U.S. attorney general.

The governor still speaks with the president frequently.

Trump did pick Christie to chair a federal commission examining the opioid epidemic in the U.S.

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