Comedian Gilbert Gottfried starred as a character called The Redaction in a skit spoofing an audiobook version of the Mueller report.
CBS’s The Late Show with Stephen Colbert poked fun at the protracted release of the Mueller report Wednesday night, ahead of the release of a redacted version Thursday.
The show premiered a spoof audiobook version of the report, read by “noted 5-time Tony Award-winning actor Leslie Brickhill.” The skit featured comedian Gilbert Gottfried as a character called The Redaction.
“On June 9th 2016, Donald Trump Jr., the president’s son, met with Russian lawyer Natalia Veselnitskaya at Trump Tower,” began Brickhill. “Also in attendance were Jared Kushner and Paul Manafort. In exchange for Hilary Clinton’s emails, the Trump team agreed to—”
Gottfried then popped into view, and blared, “Redacted. Redacted. Redacted,” in his trademark, ear-splitting shout.
Brickhill continued, “In 2017, President Trump invited FBI Director James Comey into his office, where he demanded—”
“Reeeee-dacted.
