Stephen Colbert started his Tuesday monologue by declaring “it’s an excellent day to be me, as a result of I’m not Donald Trump. That man has issues.”
Particularly, Colbert defined, issues associated to deceased billionaire intercourse offender Jeffrey Epstein.
“To start with, the Jeffrey Epstein scandal,” Colbert mentioned earlier than pausing to look into a distinct digicam, “simply gained’t kill itself.” That is after all a reference to Epstein’s 2019 dying by an obvious suicide whereas in jail awaiting trial.
Colbert then famous how Senator Dick Durbin just lately asserted that in March, greater than 1,000 FBI brokers have been ordered to go over all Epstein-related paperwork within the authorities’s possession and flag any and all references to Trump.
“That may be a suspiciously Herculean effort,” Colbert quipped, earlier than noting that Speaker of the Home Mike Johnson has adjourned the Home of Representatives till September in an effort to stop a vote on releasing Epstein paperwork to the general public.
However Colbert didn’t blame “Trump allies for being scared right here, as a result of the extra we learn about Trump’s relationship with Epstein, the extra we want we didn’t. In response to courtroom data. Trump flew on Epstein’s airplane not less than seven occasions. Now that doesn’t imply he did something unlawful, but it surely’s not an excellent look whethe mn you fly on the pedophiles airplane sufficient occasions to earn Diamond Pervert Standing.”
Colbert continued on this matter, at one level referencing the just lately resurfaced interview Trump did with Howard Stern the place he had an eyebrow-raising response when requested what his minimal sexual age restrict is. Then, rejecting Trump’s claims to haven’t been very near Jeffrey Epstein, Colbert joked, “it will be simpler to simply accept Sir Combine-a-Lot releasing ‘I by no means visited massive butt Island.’”
Colbert additionally threw shade on Trump’s latest accusations towards Barack Obama, and likewise touched on different subjects. You possibly can watch the entire monologue beneath:
