Monday provided many of the late night comedians with their first opportunities to react to former President Trump being found guilty in his New York trial. They invoked everything from advent calendars holding whiskey to Blu-ray recorders to bad Hunter Biden analogies to applaud the verdict and attack Republicans for condemning it.
CBS’s Stephen Colbert kicked off The Late Show by doing his best James Brown impression, “Of course, the news being what it is, sometimes I don't feel so great. But tonight ‘I feel good!’ Because… on Thursday evening, Donald Trump was found guilty on all 34 counts in his hush money case.”
Later, he rolled out the props, “Now, the problem is, July 11 is a whole 38 days away. That is so long! I guess I'll just have to pass the time with my Countdown to Sentencing Advent Calendar. Here we go. Got all 38 days here. Judge Merchan like that. Okay, today is day one.”
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