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About-Face
On Sunday, President Trump changed his tune and called on House Republicans to back a bill that would direct the Justice Department to release all of its investigative files on the convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
“The House could vote as soon as tomorrow on whether to release the Epstein files — and that vote is likely to pass bigly,” Jimmy Kimmel said Monday.
“After 10 months of fighting tooth and nail, doing everything he could to keep those files secret, he’s now asking for a full release.” — JIMMY KIMMEL
“He wrote ‘As I said on Friday night to the fake news media, House Republicans should vote to release the Epstein files, because we have nothing to hide.’ ‘We’ have nothing to hide. I have some bad news: There’s no ‘we.’ It’s just you, bro.” — JIMMY KIMMEL
“Well, guys, last night in a major reversal, President Trump called on House Republicans to release the Epstein files, saying, ‘We have nothing to hide.’ In other words, he just finished hiding everything.” — JIMMY FALLON
“If he had nothing to hide, he could have declassified and released these files himself at any time. How do I know this? A legal expert named Donald ‘Jurisprudence’ Trump said so.” — JON STEWART
“Investigate everyone who had a relationship with Epstein which includes, if we’re being honest, you, Mr. President. And by the way, investigate the Democrats and maybe you’ll find out — [responding to applause] yeah, exactly, investigate them all!” — JON STEWART
Late-night hosts also pointed out the best Trump tidbits from a cache of Epstein’s emails that were released by lawmakers.
“In one email, Epstein wrote, ‘I have met some very bad people, none as bad as Trump. Not one decent cell in his body.’ Oh, it’s gotta hurt when Jeffrey Epstein calls ‘you’ a bad guy. That’s like an airport muffin accusing you of being dry.” — STEPHEN COLBERT
“But one of the emails apparently says that Trump, ‘knew about the girls.’ See, this is why Hillary destroyed her server with a hammer.” — BILL MAHER
The Punchiest Punchlines (Majorie Taylor ‘Brown’ Edition)
“He is so upset, he couldn’t even come up with a decent nickname for her. He wrote, ‘Wacky Marjorie ‘Traitor’ Brown. Remember, green turns to brown when there is rot involved!’ Listen, if you have to explain a nickname, not a good nickname.” — JIMMY KIMMEL
“President Trump on Saturday tested out a new nickname for Georgia Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene — ‘Marjorie Taylor Brown’ — and said it was because ‘Green grass turns brown when it begins to rot,’ which is as close as we’re going get to seeing those M.R.I. results.” — SETH MEYERS
“You know, I’ve always said that the best nicknames are the ones you have to explain in parentheses. Right, Bubba?” — JON STEWART
“She was on CNN over the weekend. She apologized for taking part in ‘toxic politics’ and said we need to be kind to one another, which, are we sure this new Marjorie is real and not some kind of A.I. alter-ego? It’s like she was visited by three ghosts in the middle of the night.” — JIMMY KIMMEL
The Bits Worth Watching
John Oliver detailed the struggle for public media to maintain funding on Sunday’s “Last Week Tonight.”
What We’re Excited About on Tuesday Night
The “Wicked: For Good” star Ariana Grande will appear on Tuesday’s “The Tonight Show.”
Also, Check This Out
Lea Michele, Nicholas Christopher and Aaron Tveit do their best with clunky source material in the new Broadway revival of “Chess.”
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