“Late Present” host Stephen Colbert dismissed final week’s particular counsel report, which cleared President Joe Biden of wrongdoing within the labeled paperwork case however known as him “a sympathetic, well-meaning, aged man with a poor reminiscence.”
“Kinda going off-road in a report about labeled paperwork,” Colbert mentioned, then provided an instance: “Your honor, we, the jury, have reached a verdict: We discover the defendant not responsible of homicide, however he’s ugly, and his mom attire him humorous.”
Colbert mentioned he investigated the particular counsel’s declare.
“We fact-checked this final Thursday, and it seems Joe Biden is previous,” he mentioned, then added that Democrats have been in a panic for the reason that report got here out.
“James Carville chewed off his personal leg,” he cracked.
Colbert tried to place some perspective on the scenario. He mentioned that whereas the report could reinforce considerations concerning the president’s age, the 2024 selection will nearly actually come right down to Biden vs. Donald Trump except one thing “drastic” occurs.
“Voters are simply gonna have to decide on between ‘a sympathetic, well-meaning, aged man with a poor reminiscence’ or a contemptible, malicious, aged rapist with a poor reminiscence,” he mentioned.
Final 12 months, a New York jury discovered Trump chargeable for sexual abuse, however not rape, in a civil case introduced by author E. Jean Carroll.
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