He talked about how in an interview on Fox News with Sean Hannity, Trump has “completely dissolved into a sweaty and incoherent mess” and continues to have “the confidence of a man who is prepared for anything while being prepared for nothing.” . Also this week, New York Attorney General Letitia James announced a $250 million lawsuit against Trump and his family for “stupendous fraud,” citing a large number of charges. “At this point it would just be easier to list the crimes Trump hasn’t committed,” Meyers said. He went on to interview Hannity, playing footage of Trump saying he can declassify documents with his mind in response to an FBI raid that found boxes of classified material at his Miami property. Meyers said he seemed to think it was “like calling dibs” and that his process implied that his newest legal adviser is Tinkerbell. The justification would also be based on Trump being “capable of thinking things up,” though a judge would “rule that there’s nothing going on in there.” Myers compared Trump to “an EMU who just found a zoo camera.” Trump also claimed that the FBI may have been looking for Hillary Clinton’s emails at his residence. “Even Hannity had to jump in and stop him,” Meyers noted before joking that he would pull off a major coup. “Even M Night Shyamalan would be like, ‘Hats off,’” he said.
Stephen Colbert
On The Late Show, Stephen Colbert enthused that for once “something means something” after an appeal led to the admission into evidence of “super top secret” and therefore “super top illegal” documents at the residence of Trump. “It happens: actions have consequences,” he said. Responding to Trump’s claim that the documents can be declassified with his mind, the appeals court said it was a “red herring,” which Colbert joked was “also what the former president calls a Filet-o-Fish smothered in ketchup”. In Trump’s interview with Sean Hannity, he also suggested that his will, which he now cannot find, may have been taken. “You know things are going well when someone says I was looking for my will yesterday,” he said. Colbert also addressed Trump’s odd suggestion that the FBI might have been looking for Clinton’s emails in the raid. “It’s so crazy, it confused Sean Hannity — and Sean comes in pre-confused,” he said.
Trevor Noah
On The Daily Show, Trevor Noah also joked about Trump’s belief that he can declassify documents with his brain. “He couldn’t even read documents with his brain,” she said. Noah joked that in court, his lawyer would say, “The defendant claims the Jedi.” The host was also dubious, as declassifying documents without saying they were declassified would be out of character. “It would be the first time in his life that Trump thought something and didn’t say it out loud,” he said. Noah noted that “the FBI will have to raid his brain for evidence” and joked that his brain is mostly full of bikinis. Trump has “a document-only superpower.” He also spoke about Trump’s claim that the FBI was actually looking for Clinton’s emails and Hannity’s confused response. “Even Sean Hannity says, ‘Wait sorry, I’ll come with you but I don’t understand,’” she said.
