We're Finally Going To Get Trump's Tax Returns - YouTube

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WELCOME UP THERE, DOWN THERE, ALL AROUND THE WORLD, WELCOME,
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LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, TO "THE LATE SHOW."
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I'M YOUR SHOWS STEPHEN COLBERT.
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( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) THERE'S EXCITEMENT.
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IT'S ELECTRIC IN THE AIR.
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IT'S A BEAUTIFUL DAY IN AMERICA BECAUSE REMEMBER TRUMP'S THREAT
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FROM THE STATE OF THE UNION?
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>> IF THERE IS GOING TO BE PEACE AND LEGISLATION, THERE CANNOT BE
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WAR AND INVESTIGATION.
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( AUDIENCE REACTS ) >> STEPHEN: WELL, BYE, BYE,
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PEACE BECAUSE, LESS THAN 24 HOURS AFTER BEING DIRECTLY
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THREATENED BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES, HOUSE
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DEMOCRATS ANNOUNCED A NEW INVESTIGATION INTO PRESIDENT
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TRUMP'S FOREIGN FINANCIAL INTERESTS AND RUSSIA TIES.
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( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) THAT WORKED OUT.
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YES, TRUMP DREW A LINE IN THE SAND, BUT YOU KNOW A GOOD WAY TO
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ERASE THAT?
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A BLUE WAVE.
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( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) ( PIANO RIFF )
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♪ CAST ALSO IN THE SAND ♪ YESTERDAY, THE HOUSE
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INTELLIGENCE COMMITTEE ANNOUNCED A FIVE-POINT INVESTIGATION
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THAT'S GOING TO DIG DEEP INTO RUSSIAN INTERFERENCE IN OUR
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POLITICAL SYSTEM.
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THEY ARE LOOKING INTO EVERYTHING.
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AS ONE MEMBER OF THE COMMITTEE, ERIC SWALWELL, PUT IT, "WE ARE
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GOING TO TAKE AN M.R.I. TO ANY RUSSIAN FINANCING THAT THE TRUMP
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ORGANIZATION AND THE PRESIDENT MAY HAVE HAD."
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(AS COMMITTEE MEMBER) "YES, WE'RE TAKING AN M.R.I. TO
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THE FINANCES, A CAT SCAN TO THE INAUGURAL COMMITTEE, AND, WE
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DIDN'T ASK FOR IT, BUT SOMEONE ALREADY GAVE US A URINE SAMPLE."
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( LAUGHTER ) ( PIANO RIFF )
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( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) ALLEGEDLY.
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WE DON'T KNOW.
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>> Jon: ALLEGEDLY.
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>> Stephen: WE DON'T KNOW.
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AND THEY'RE NOT JUST LOOKING AT INTERFERENCE BY RUSSIA.
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SWALWELL EXPLAINED HE WAS WORRIED OTHER COUNTRIES MAY HAVE
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TRIED TO INFLUENCE THE PRESIDENT, SAYING "WE ARE NOT
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GOING TO BE SO NAIVE TO ASSUME THAT TRUMP'S FAITHFUL TO THE
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RUSSIANS."
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WELL, COME ON!
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WHY WOULD TRUMP BE UNFAITHFUL TO THE RUSSIANS?
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HE'S NOT MARRIED TO THEM.
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( LAUGHTER ) ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE )
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OH, OH!
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AND IT'S NOT JUST THE INTELLIGENCE COMMITTEE.
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THE HOUSE WAYS AND MEANS COMMITTEE MET TODAY TO START
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BUILDING A CASE TO PURSUE TRUMP'S TAX RETURNS!
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( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) REMEMBER THOSE?
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DO YOU REMEMBER THOSE?
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>> Jon: I REMEMBER THAT!
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>> Stephen: OH, MY GOSH.
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WERE WE EVER SO YOUNG?
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( LAUGHTER ) WE'RE FINALLY GOING TO FIND OUT
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WHAT'S IN THEM!
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DID PUTIN CLAIM TRUMP AS A DEPENDENT?
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( LAUGHTER ) DID TRUMP CHECK THE BOX TO
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DONATE $3 TO A RUSSIAN OLIGARCH?
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( LAUGHTER ) DID HE LIST HIS STATUS AS
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"MARRIED" OR "YEAH, BUT I'M NOT DEAD"?
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( LAUGHTER ) AND IT'S GOING TO BE HARD FOR
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TRUMP TO STOP IT, BECAUSE IT TURNS OUT THAT AN OBSCURE
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PROVISION IN THE FEDERAL TAX CODE GIVES THE CHAIRMAN OF THE
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COMMITTEE UNILATERAL POWERS TO REQUEST TAX INFORMATION ON ANY
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FILER, INCLUDING THE PRESIDENT.
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( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) YES.
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>> Jon: THERE IT IS.
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>> Stephen: KEEP IN MIND, VERY IMPORTANT --
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THAT'S AN "OBSCURE" PROVISION OF THE FEDERAL TAX CODE-- UNLIKE
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THE PARTS WE ALL MEMORIZED IN GRADE SCHOOL.
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HERE WE GO!
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(SINGING) "IN...
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THE CASE OF AN INDIVIDUAL THERE IS HEREBY IMPOSED FOR EACH
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TAXABLE YEAR A TAX EQUAL TO 3.8% OF!"
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WHY AREN'T YOU GUYS SINGING WITH ME?
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I DON'T UNDERSTAND.
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WAS I THE ONLY ONE WHO -- >> Jon: I KNEW IT!
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>> Stephen: YOU KNOW ALL THE SONGS!
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YOU CAN'T STUMP THE BAND.
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>> Jon: YOU SEE WHAT I'M SAYING.
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>> Stephen: AND THAT'S NOT ALL.
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ACCORDING TO ONE COMMITTEE AIDE, "THE TAX RETURNS ARE ONLY ONE
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EVIDENTIARY PIECE OF THE LARGER PUZZLE ABOUT TRUMP'S FINANCES."
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A LARGER PUZZLE?
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I DON'T CARE HOW LARGE IT IS.
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I THINK IT'S GOING TO BE PRETTY EASY TO SOLVE.
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( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) (AS TRUMP)
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"I'D LIKE TO SOLVE THE PUZZLE, PAT.
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IS IT 'WITCH HUNT'?" ( LAUGHTER )
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( PIANO RIFF ) BUT THE COMMITTEE MEMBERS ARE
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PROCEEDING WITH CAUTION TO AVOID APPEARING PARTISAN.
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ONE MEMBER SAID, "THIS NEEDS TO BE DONE METHODICALLY.
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THERE CANNOT BE AN OUNCE OF 'LET'S GO GET HIM.'"
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THAT'S VERY PRUDENT.
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ALSO, LET'S GO GET HIM!
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( LAUGHTER ) WE ARE WAY PAST AT T DECORUM HER
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GUYS!
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WHEN YOU'RE RUNNING OUT OF A BURNING BUILDING, YOU DON'T
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STOP AT THE DOOR TO SAY, "NO, AFTER YOU.
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NO, AFTER YOU, I INSIST.
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OOPS!
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WE'RE DEAD."
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( LAUGHTER ) BUT THIS MIGHT TAKE A WHILE,
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BECAUSE TRUMP HAS TOLD HIS TREASURY DEPARTMENT TO READY
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PLANS TO DRAG THE EXPECTED DEMOCRATIC REQUEST OUT FOR
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MONTHS AND WELL INTO THE 2020 CAMPAIGN.
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WAIT, HE WANTS HIS TAXES RELEASED DURING THE 2020
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CAMPAIGN?
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(AS TRUMP) "I WANT THIS TO LAND RIGHT
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BEFORE THE ELECTION.
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I HATE THIS JOB.
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GET ME THE HELL OUT OF HERE."
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( LAUGHTER ) TRUMP IS NOT HAPPY.
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I CAN YO UNDERSTAND.
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>> Jon: IT'S A TOUGH JOB.
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LOT OF ACCUSATIONS.
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>> Stephen: TRUMP'S NOT HAPPY.
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YESTERDAY, HE COINED A NEW CATCHPHRASE TO DESCRIBE THE
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INVESTIGATIONS.
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>> IT'S CALLED PRESIDENTIAL HARASSMENT.
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>> STEPHEN: YES, PRESIDENTIAL HARASSMENT.
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( AUDIENCE REACTS ) IT'S LIKE SEXUAL HARASSMENT,
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ONLY REPUBLICANS TAKE IT SERIOUSLY.
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( AUDIENCE REACTS ) ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE )
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AND, TODAY, HE SINGLED OUT HOUSE INTELLIGENCE COMMITTEE CHAIRMAN
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AND MAN SEEING THE WARM BROWNIES COME OUT OF THE OVEN, ADAM
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SCHIFF, TWEETING, "SO NOW CONGRESSMAN ADAM SCHIFF
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ANNOUNCES, AFTER HAVING FOUND ZERO RUSSIAN COLLUSION, THAT HE
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IS GOING TO BE LOOKING AT EVERY ASPECT OF MY LIFE, BOTH
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FINANCIAL AND PERSONAL, EVEN THOUGH THERE IS NO REASON TO BE
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DOING SO.
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NEVER HAPPENED BEFORE!
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UNLIMITED PRESIDENTIAL HARASSMENT, DOT DOT DOT DOT...
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...DOT DOT DOT DOT, THE DEMS AND THEIR COMMITTEES ARE GOING
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'NUTS.'" YES, THE DEMS ARE GOING "NUTS,"
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LOOKING INTO POSSIBLE "CRIMES" THAT YOU DEFINITELY "DID."
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( LAUGHTER ) ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE )
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( PIANO RIFF ) HE CONTINUED, "THE REPUBLICANS
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NEVER DID THIS TO PRESIDENT OBAMA."
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HAVE BEEN YOU BEEN HUFFING THE AQUANET?
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WE WERE ALL ALIVE THEN.
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NONE OF US WERE IN A COMA ALL THEY DID WAS INVESTIGATE
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HIM!
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THE I.R.S., THE A.T.F, THE A.C.A., SOLYNDRA, BENGHAZI,
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BENGHAZI, AND BENGHAZI.
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THE ONLY THING THEY DIDN'T SUBPOENA IS HIS TAXES.
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CAN YOU GUESS WHY?
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HINT: HE RELEASED THEM!
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( LAUGHTER ) TRUMP HALLUCINATED FURTHER: "I
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HEAR OTHER COMMITTEE HEADS WILL DO THE SAME THING.
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EVEN STEALING PEOPLE WHO WORK AT WHITE HOUSE!"
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IS HE USING "STEALING" AS A VERB OR AN ADJECTIVE?
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(AS TRUMP) "THEY KEEP TAKING MY BEST
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'STEALING PEOPLE'.
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HOW AM I SUPPOSED TO GET RICHER WITHOUT MY BEST STEALING PEOPLE?
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YOU KNOW, MY THIEVING FRIENDS, MY BURGLAR BUDDIES, MY
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CORRUPTION COMPADRES, MY MONEY-LAUNDERING MUCHACHOS."
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( LAUGHTER ) ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE )
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MOOCHO DINERO.
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TRUMP MIGHT BE LOOKING FOR DIVINE INTERVENTION, BECAUSE
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THIS MORNING, HE SPOKE AT THE NATIONAL PRAYER BREAKFAST.
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MAKES SENSE.
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THE ONLY THING TRUMP'S EVER PRAYED FOR IS MORE BREAKFAST.
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( LAUGHTER ) IN THE VERY FIRST WORDS OF HIS
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SPEECH, TRUMP MADE A PROMISE.
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>> I WILL NEVER LET YOU DOWN.
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I CAN SAY THAT.
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NEVER.
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>> STEPHEN: DID THE PRESIDENT JUST RICK-ROLL THE PRAYER
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BREAKFAST?
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(AS TRUMP) "NEVER GONNA GIVE YOU UP
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NEVER GONNA LET YOU DOWN NEVER GONNA RUN AROUND AND
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DESERT YOU.
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UNLESS YOU JUST GAVE BIRTH, THEN I'M GONNA BOINK A PORN STAR."
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( AUDIENCE REACTS ) >> Stephen: REALLY?
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TOO FAR?
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( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) REALLY?
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I'M SORRY.
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I APOLOGIZE.
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I DIDN'T REALIZE WE HAD SO MANY PORN STARS HERE TONIGHT.
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( LAUGHTER ) THEN HE LISTED WHAT OUR NATION
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HAS ACHIEVED THROUGH THE POWER OF PRAYER.
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>> SINCE THE FOUNDING OF OUR NATION, MANY OF OUR GREATEST
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STRIDES FROM GAINING OUR INDEPENDENCE TO ABOLITION OF
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CIVIL RIGHTS...
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( LAUGHTER ) ( APPLAUSE )
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>> STEPHEN: ABOLITION OF CIVIL RIGHTS?
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(AS TRUMP) "OOPS, I ACCIDENTALLY READ NEXT
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YEAR'S SPEECH."
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( LAUGHTER ) HIS MOUTH ALSO SAID THIS --
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>> AMERICA'S POTENTIAL IS UNLIMITED BECAUSE OUR
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EXTRAORDINARY PEOPLE ARE JUST SOMETHING THAT IS NUMBER
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ONE...NO MATTER WHERE YOU GO.
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( LAUGHTER ) >> STEPHEN: HE'S TALKING LIKE
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THEY SPUN HIM AROUND TEN TIMES, PULLED THE BAG OFF HIS HEAD, AND
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PUSHED HIM ON STAGE.
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(AS TRUMP) "AMERICA -- AND I MEAN THIS FROM
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THE BOTTOM OF IT -- AMERICA -- AMERICA ARE NUMBER ONE, WHEN
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THEY WENT THE JOURNEY, LOVE AND FRIEND, AND I'LL SAY THAT TO
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ANYONE, WHERE AM I?" ( APPLAUSE )
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"THEN GAME MARCO -- MARCO -- MARCO.
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THANK YOU ."
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( APPLAUSE ) THEN CAME TRUMP'S LEAST FAVORITE
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PART OF ANY SPEECH, TALKING ABOUT PEOPLE IN THE AUDIENCE WHO
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AREN'T HIM.
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>> THIS SATURDAY, PASTOR BRUNSON WILL WALK HIS DAUGHTER DOWN THE
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AISLE.
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WOW, THIS IS GREAT, CONGRATULATIONS.
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>> STEPHEN: HIS SPEECH JUST BROKE NEWS TO HIMSELF.
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( LAUGHTER ) (AS TRUMP)
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"AS YOUR PRESIDENT-- AM I STILL PRESIDENT?
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WOW, THAT LASTED LONGER THAN I THOUGHT.
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MUELLER HASN'T GOT ME YET?" ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE )
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WE'VE GOT A GREAT SHOW FOR YOU TONIGHT.
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CHRIS PRATT IS HERE!
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BUT WHEN WE RETURN, I SHARE MY MIDNIGHT CONFESSIONS.
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STICK AROUND!