Late-Night Hosts Pile On Trump After Indictment
01.04.2023 - 17:45
/ etcanada.com
After months of speculation, this week saw Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg pull the trigger by indicting twice-impeached ex-president Donald Trump on what’s reported to be more than 30 charges of financial fraud, including the hush-money payoff to porn star Stormy Daniels.
Naturally, television late-night hosts had a field day with the news that, for the first time in American history, a former U.S. president is facing criminal charges.
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On “The Late Show”, host Stephen Colbert gleefully celebrated by enjoying an ice-cream sundae.
“[Trump] was right. We’re finally saying Merry Christmas again,” Colbert joked. “And you know what? I didn’t know this would be coming, I thought this might never come. I thought, ‘What does it matter if it came?’ I didn’t know it would feel this good.”
Later in his monologue, Colbert referenced Trump’s payoff to Daniels by quipping, “He should see whether that grand jury will cut him a check for $130,000 because he is so screwed.”
Over on “The Tonight Show”, Jimmy Fallon served up a musical commentary with the song parody “I’m So Indicted”, set to the tune of The Pointer Sisters’ “I’m So Excited”.
On “Jimmy Kimmel Live!”, host Jimmy Kimmel described the news of Trump’s indictment as being “historic and it’s funny. It’s very, very funny.”
He also referenced Trump’s notorious “Access Hollywood” tape, saying, “The grand jury, they didn’t even ask permission. They moved on Trump like a witch.”
Kimmel continued by pointing to one of Trump’s Truth Social posts complaining about being indicted, but misspelling the word as “indicated.”
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