Trevor Noah, Jimmy Kimmel, and Seth Meyers shred the Nunes memo and its enablers

Late Night tackles the Nunes memo
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President Trump has reportedly approved the release of a controversial and classified memo that purports to show surveillance abuse by the FBI. This four-page "sticky note from Congress" was put together for Rep. Devin Nunes (R-Calif.), Trevor Noah said on Thursday's Daily Show. A member of Trump's transition team, "he's so loyal to Trump that he once snuck to the White House to show Trump secret evidence," Noah said. "But Republicans don't need 'credible' to advance their narrative. All Nunes has to do is say he has something important and damning, and the propaganda machine will do the rest."

Once Trump releases the memo, "essentially, Republicans are going to turn this into a Tarot card reading," Noah said. If it works the way Trump wants, "he can use it to justify purging federal law enforcement of anybody who isn't loyal to him," he added. "You don't need a fortune teller to know that this s--t's not going to end well."

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Peter has worked as a news and culture writer and editor at The Week since the site's launch in 2008. He covers politics, world affairs, religion and cultural currents. His journalism career began as a copy editor at a financial newswire and has included editorial positions at The New York Times Magazine, Facts on File, and Oregon State University.