Stephen Colbert sounded off on President Donald Trump’s choice to commute former Consultant George Santos’ jail sentence throughout his monologue Monday.
The comic weighed in on the president’s choice on “The Late Present With Stephen Colbert,” the place he laid into Trump for setting free “no smalltime criminal.”
“Final yr, the previous congressman pleaded responsible to a number of counts of wire fraud and identification theft and was sentenced to seven years in jail,” he mentioned. “However, defying all logic, king, not a king [Trump], arbitrarily commuted Santos’ sentence and launched him from jail after he served simply 84 days, making Santos simply the subsequent pile of crap Trump is dropping on New York.”
Colbert was referring to the AI movies Trump launched through the “No Kings” protests this weekend, which noticed AI-generated footage of the president dropping feces on to protesters. Speaker of the Home Mike Johnson later defended the movies as “satire” — and so, Colbert cheekily had the phrase “satire” splash throughout the display screen throughout his Santos dig.
He continued: “And let’s be clear, Santos isn’t any smalltime criminal. He admitted to deceiving donors and stealing the identities of 11 individuals, together with his circle of relatives members, if these are his actual members of the family, trigger I heard that they had their identification stolen.”
As he went on, Colbert roasted Trump for making the announcement on Fact Social, which the comic in comparison with a “royal decree.”
“[Santos’] not a rogue. He’s a prison,” Colbert famous earlier than doing a Trump impression. “‘Jack the Ripper. One thing of a rapscallion. However there are various rippers on the market, people. And since when is it against the law to like your huge, stunning knife? You understand what they are saying, glad knife, glad life.”
Earlier than concluding his criticism, Colbert took one final shot at Santos, who had not too long ago complained about his yellow getup in jail.
“Sure, that’s the worst a part of being in jail, the style,” he joked. “Who can neglect Nelson Mandela’s memoir, ‘Lengthy Stroll to Nordstrom.’”
Watch Colbert’s full monologue above.
“The Late Present With Stephen Colbert” airs weeknights at 11:35 p.m. ET on CBS.
