“Oh my God, this is terrible,” Trump said in May 2017 reacting to news that a special counsel had been appointed, according to the report. “This is the end of my presidency. I’m f-----.”
By Allyson Chiu Allyson Chiu Reporter with the Morning Mix team Email Bio Follow April 19 at 6:46 AM On Thursday night, Stephen Colbert gleefully held up a stack of paper bound with metal fasteners that rivaled the thickness of a dictionary.
On Thursday, late-night comics armed with information from a report described by The Washington Post’s Devlin Barrett and Matt Zapotosky as “a thick catalogue of misconduct and mendacity that, if not criminal, is deeply unflattering,” unleashed on Trump and Barr. TONIGHT: It's Mueller time and, wow, set some time aside because this thing is 400 pages long! #LSSC pic.twitter.com/HHWx9lpRlT
“That picture, by the way, is Trump posing next to all the smoke William Barr just blew up his a--,” he said, slipping into his impersonation of the president. “Mmm, it’s like incense. I smell like a brisket.” “The attorney general is supposed to be independent, not an apologist for the White House,” Kimmel remarked.
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