Today’s indictment of Donald Trump quickly became tonight’s punchline for TV’s late-night hosts. John Leguizamo guest-hosted The Daily Show on Comedy Central and reveled in the news triggered by alleged hush-money payments to adult film star Stormy Daniels during the 2016 presidential compaign.
After showing a clip from a local New York TV newscast, he said, “That’s right — Lady Justice grabbed Trump by the p*ssy. And you know I take a stance against mass incarceration, but for this I’m willing to make an exception.
I just hope they take it easy on him and put him in a cell with his lawyer.” Watch here:Daily Show staff when Trump gets indicted 10 minutes before taping pic.twitter.com/CW41qP166l Meanwhile, over on NBC, The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon also weighed in on the big news of the day, posting a supercut mashup of Trump singing — and dancing — along to a tweaking version of a 1980s Pointer Sisters hit:Donald Trump: I’m So Indicted #FallonTonight pic.twitter.com/UJu9vTmfB3 But, unfortunately for NBC’s later late-night show:We live in crazy times, right?
pic.twitter.com/cVAPLuiktn CBS’ The Late Show with Stephen Colbert had some advice for the Manhattan District Attorney who brought the charges against the former Apprentice host: “Alvin Bragg better have some tiny handcuffs,” it tweeted.
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