Stephen Colbert celebrated the Home voting to launch the Epstein information, calling Tuesday night time’s broadcast “Epstein Rockin’ Eve.”
The comic addressed the massive information out of Washington D.C. throughout his monologue for “The Late Present,” the place he applauded Congress for really coming to a virtually unanimous choice concerning the Epstein information.
“In the case of Congress, it’s more and more uncommon that issues occur. And right this moment one thing did this afternoon. The Home voted to launch the Epstein information,” Colbert shared on the high of his present. “The truth is, it handed overwhelmingly 427 to 1. Wow.”
He continued: “In fact, the vote doesn’t imply the Epstein information will probably be launched immediately. The invoice now has to go to the Senate, the place it might be amended. And if it’s handed there and amended, it must return to the Home, the place it has to cross over a river and beneath the bridge is a troll. And to get by the troll, it’s important to reply his riddle. ‘What walks on two cankles within the morning, rides a golf cart within the afternoon and is completely within the Epstein information.’”
It seems Colbert taped his present after the Senate agreed — unanimously — on Tuesday to ship the Epstein invoice to the President Donald Trump’s desk as soon as it’s acquired.
This replace makes Colbert’s subsequent joke notably on-point, as he quipped: “Then once more, it may be manner less complicated than that as a result of, as of this taping … for the reason that vote was so large and overwhelming within the Home, the Senate might vote on the Epstein information tonight. So, I imply, tomorrow we would know every thing he and his pervert buddies did.”
“Which means, it’s ‘Epstein Rockin’ Eve,’” Colbert additional joked. “Wait for a ball drop you’re gonna need to miss.”
Colbert concluded his commentary on the Epstein information replace by calling the Home vote “an enormous loss for Trump,” given the latter beforehand fought in opposition to the paperwork being launched.
Although, on Sunday, Trump modified his tune and mentioned Home Republicans ought to vote in favor of releasing the Epstein information, stating “we have now nothing to cover.”
Watch Colbert’s full monologue above.
“The Late Present With Stephen Colbert” airs weeknights at 11:35 p.m. ET on CBS.
