The Mueller report will be 'damaging' for Trump, Politico's Playbook writers tell Stephen Colbert

Stephen Colbert asks Politico reporters about the Mueller report
(Image credit: Screenshot/YouTube/The Late Show)

Jake Sherman told Stephen Colbert on Wednesday's Late Show that the Politico Playbook he puts together twice a day with fellow reporter Anna Palmer is basically a combination "between Walter Cronkite and Gossip Girl." Colbert called it "the most influential newsletter in D.C.," and he asked Sherman and Palmer: "Is anybody talking about anything in Washington, D.C., other than the looming Mueller report?" They agreed: No.

The reaction to Special Counsel Robert Mueller's redacted report, which Attorney General William Barr will release Thursday afternoon, "depends on where you sit," Palmer said. "If you were in the White House and you were interviewed, you're very nervous about what could come out," because "you could become a target of the president." Colbert asked why, and Sherman explained it "might not look great for you" if you shared a conversation involving Trump with "a former FBI agent who's investigating the president." Colbert rephrased that: "So you'd be in trouble for taking an oath and not lying?"

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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.