On Monday, House Judiciary Chairman Jarrold Nadler (D-N.Y.) launched "a sweeping investigation into President Trump's campaign, businesses, transition, and administration," Stephen Colbert said on Monday's Late Show. "So they've narrowed the problem to everything he's done. And the House Democrats are not messing around here — they've sent document requests to 81 people and entities."
"Trump's bad week really got into gear," however, with last week's House Oversight Committee hearing with Michael Cohen, Trump's former lawyer and fixer, Colbert said. "The Democrats pushed Cohen to reveal as much as he could," while "Republicans didn't even bother asking Cohen a single substantive question. Instead they just called him a liar."
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About two dozen Democrats are running for president or considering it, Colbert continued, but "the current frontrunner is Vermont Sen. — and man who would've gotten you health care if it wasn't for those meddling kids — Bernie Sanders. This weekend, Sanders held two big rallies," first in Brooklyn and then Chicago. "And unlike the last time he ran, Bernie made this rally personal," Colbert said — maybe too personal: "If you're trying to get elected as the oldest president ever, maybe don't talk about what your allowance was in the 1940s."
Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), meanwhile, has found a beloved surrogate in her dog Bailey, Colbert noted, "which is cute, although it does not bode well for 2020 if Warren's supporters are that enthusiastic about a big dumb animal with golden hair." Watch below. Peter Weber
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