The Daily Show apparently taped late enough on Thursday that Trevor Noah and his staff were able to watch a good part of the 11-hour grilling of Hillary Clinton by the House Select Committee on Benghazi. Maybe not all of it — Noah suggested the Clinton had to testify for nearly 10 hours — but even at 10 hours, "that's like a whole season of televisions that the House Select Committee just dropped on us like they were Netflix or something," he said, "and I watched all of it — because I don't just Benghazi, I Bingeghazi."
As with any good recap, Noah got newbies up to speed with a look at what's already happened — seven previous congressional investigations on Benghazi — the main characters (committee Chairman Trey Gowdy (R-S.C.) "looks like somebody put Anderson Cooper's face under a book overnight," Noah said, favorably), and the plot: "As the investigations went on, it felt like Republicans started to shift their question from 'Was anyone to blame?' to, more specifically, 'Was Hillary to blame?', and then finally just 'How can we blame this on Hillary?'"
Subscribe to The Week
Escape your echo chamber. Get the facts behind the news, plus analysis from multiple perspectives.
Sign up for The Week's Free Newsletters
From our morning news briefing to a weekly Good News Newsletter, get the best of The Week delivered directly to your inbox.
From our morning news briefing to a weekly Good News Newsletter, get the best of The Week delivered directly to your inbox.
-
Why are people microdosing Ozempic?In The Spotlight Tiny doses of the weight-loss drug can sidestep its unpleasant side effects, say influencers. But is customising the dose a good idea?
-
Five festive cocktails for Christmas 2024The Week Recommends Serve seasonal libations for an extra special gathering
-
Octopuses could be the next big species after humansUNDER THE RADAR What has eight arms, a beaked mouth, and is poised to take over the planet when we're all gone?
-
Honda and Nissan in merger talksSpeed Read The companies are currently Japan's second and third-biggest automakers, respectively
-
Taylor Swift wraps up record-shattering Eras tourSpeed Read The pop star finally ended her long-running tour in Vancouver, Canada
-
Drake claims illegal boosting, defamationSpeed Read The rapper accused Universal Music of boosting Kendrick Lamar's diss track and said UMG allowed him to be falsely accused of pedophilia
-
'Wicked' and 'Gladiator II' ignite holiday box officeSpeed Read The combination of the two movies revitalized a struggling box office
-
Jussie Smollet conviction overturned on appealSpeed Read The Illinois Supreme Court overturned the actor's conviction on charges of staging a racist and homophobic attack against himself in 2019
-
Quincy Jones, music icon, is dead at 91Speed Read The legendary producer is perhaps best known as the architect behind Michael Jackson's 'Thriller'
-
OJ Simpson, star athlete tried for murder, dead at 76Speed Read The former football hero and murder suspect lost his battle with cancer
-
Momofuku's 'Chili Crunch' trademark uproarSpeed Read The company's attempt to own the sole rights has prompted backlash
