Trevor Noah says Mueller is giving Trump the 'world's easiest open-book test'
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Trevor Noah is pretty sure the only thing that terrifies President Trump "more than going bald is the Mueller investigation," but there's really no reason for him to be scared.
The New York Times on Monday published a list of the questions Special Counsel Robert Mueller wants to ask Trump as part of his investigation into Russian meddling in the 2016 presidential election and possible obstruction of justice. If Trump does sit down for an interview, Noah said on Tuesday's Daily Show, his response will be the same. "'They said I could never get to 270 Electoral College votes, I got 306, so many votes,'" Noah said, doing his best Trump impression. "Mueller will be like, 'My question was, please state your name for the record.'"
Trump is being told by people close to him that he shouldn't talk to investigators, and some advisers believe Mueller is trying to snare him in his net, but Noah isn't buying it. "What trap?" he said. "He's giving Trump the questions ahead of time. That's not a trap. Trump can practice his answers, he can tattoo them on himself like Memento if he needs to." The whole interview would be "the world's easiest open-book test," Noah added, "and still Trump's people are saying, 'Yeah, I'm worried he's still gonna fail.'" Watch the video below. Catherine Garcia
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Catherine Garcia has worked as a senior writer at The Week since 2014. Her writing and reporting have appeared in Entertainment Weekly, The New York Times, Wirecutter, NBC News and "The Book of Jezebel," among others. She's a graduate of the University of Redlands and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.
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