Stephen Colbert knows Trump's madcap antics are a distraction from impeachment, jokes about both

Stephen Colbert on Trump and impeachment
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Rudy Giuliani, President Trump's personal Biden fixer, has been airing some pretty out-there conspiracy theories, The Late Show illustrated Monday night.

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"We know this because a whistleblower whistle-blew, and the White House released a transcript that confirmed everything the whistleblower said," Colbert recounted. "It's all in the new movie I Know What I Did Last Summer and Now You Do Too Because I Released the Transcript. It's a good movie — scary." With the story now out in the open, all that's left for Trump is diversion and intimidation. Colbert dove in, reading some of Trump's frantic tweet-blizzard, including where the president threatened the whistleblower and Rep. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.), misused the word "spy," and retweeted a shark-themed Trump parody account.

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"This afternoon at the White House, Trump tried to clear things up — unfortunately, he used his mouth, so it got more confusing," Colbert said. Abnormally, Trump exited the Oval Office before the press, to avoid questions. "I gotta say, even in a small dose, it's great to see Trump leave office," Colbert said. He ended on late-breaking news that Secretary of State Mike Pompeo was on the Ukraine call, too: "What was it, some sort of party line? 'Do you want to coerce a foreign leader into being your dirty little political opposition researcher? Or are you a naughty secretary of state who just likes to listen in? Call 1-900-QUID-PRO-QUICKIE.'" Watch below. Peter Weber

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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.