Colbert cut together clips of Wednesday’s Senate Judiciary Committee hearing to give his own take on Attorney General’s performance.
The Late Show host Stephen Colbert laid into Attorney General William Barr in his show’s opening skit on Wednesday night, cutting together Barr’s Senate Judiciary Committee testimony with some of his own questions.
The spoof had Colbert crash Wednesday’s hearing, held to discuss new revelations regarding the attorney general’s handing of special counsel Robert Mueller’s report on Russian interference into the 2016 presidential election.
Colbert opens the introduction by interrupting Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Lindsey Graham, jumping in and asking, “Excuse me, excuse me, Mr. Chairman. Can I ask a question?” was just looking for the salad bar, and I wandered in here.”
Addressing the room, Colbert asks, “Has anyone in this room deceived the American people?” A clip of Barr from Wednesday’s hearing is then shown, with the attorney general standing with his hand raised. “Good to know,” Colbert replies.
“Now, much of the report has been redacted, sir. When do you plan on unredacting all of it?” Colbert then began. An edited clip of Barr answering showed a hand from off-screen holding a black bar over his mouth, while his speech is bleeped out.
