After Donald Trump was indicted with 34 felony fees, the late-night present hosts had a discipline day poking enjoyable on the former U.S. president.
Stephen Colbert began off his Late Present monologue by speaking concerning the climate within the Huge Apple.
“It was a completely lovely day right here in New York,” he mentioned. “70 levels and sunny with an opportunity of jail.”
Over on The Tonight Present starring Jimmy Fallon, the present’s host mentioned, “It’s a nice day to be in New York Metropolis… Nicely, until you’re one particular person.”
Fallon then adopted up by saying, “In the present day, historical past was made in New York Metropolis as former president Trump turned the primary U.S. president to ever be arrested and face legal fees. Trump made historical past [and] the one excellent news for Trump in Florida all of the historical past books have been thrown out.”
NBC’s late-night present additionally had some jokes with a meme that learn, “Trump appears to be like like he’s watching one other desk at Applebee’s get their meals first.”
Jimmy Kimmel tweeted out, “When all of your dads find yourself in jail,” together with a photograph of Jared Kushner. Kushner’s father pleaded responsible to 18 counts of unlawful marketing campaign contributions, tax evasion, and witness tampering and was sentenced to jail for 2 years.
Seth Meyers devoted his “A Nearer Look” phase to the previous president poking enjoyable at a photograph of Trump in courtroom trying like “this was the primary time in his life something has ever dawned on him.”
The late-night present host additionally famous the dearth of crowd from his followers within the Manhattan courtroom who have been seemingly “outnumbered by each reporters and pigeons.” Meyers additionally took a swipe at Marjorie Taylor Inexperienced saying she “confirmed as much as scream and shout like a lunatic — one thing solely a vacationer from Georgia would suppose will get her consideration in New York Metropolis.” He joked about George Santos’ lies alleging the U.S. consultant claimed to be the one which “had intercourse with Stormy Daniels.”
Meyers had Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez as a visitor and mentioned it was a coincidence as she had been booked weeks upfront. Whereas she was there, the U.S. consultant was requested for her response relating to Trump’s arraignment.
“I believe I had all the time felt that one thing may occur,” she mentioned. Actually, if one thing did, I might’ve thought it could be one thing like this, round [the] falsification of enterprise paperwork or some kind of cost that has to do with documentation or funds.”
Ocasio-Cortez added that her father labored within the development business and since she was a child, “nobody knew [Trump] higher than New Yorkers and other people would’ve thought that is what he would’ve been in for earlier than he was president.”
The U.S. consultant mentioned all this was about “due course of” and the regulation ought to apply to everybody.
