Stephen Colbert reveals he already has John Bolton’s book, mocks Bill Barr
Attorney General William Barr will not be happy if he happened to catch The Late Show With Stephen Colbert Tuesday night. Earlier in the day, the Justice Department filed a lawsuit against former national security advisor John Bolton in an effort to stop the release of Bolton’s tell-all book The Room Where it Happened: A White House Memoir. Barr seemingly just became aware on Monday that the book has already been published and is set for release next week. The book is believed to contain potentially damaging stories about President Trump. Unfortunately, Colbert already has a copy. And since he learned of the lawsuit while shooting his monologue, Colbert decided to have some fun at Barr’s expense.
Video Transcript
[WHOOSH]
STEPHEN COLBERT: Hey, attorney general dufus, according to sources, I got this last Friday. Hoo, hoo, hoo, secret book. Secret book. Hot, hot, hot. Burning my hands, all the hot, hot secret juice.
KYLIE MAR: On The Late Show Tuesday night, Stephen Colbert revealed that he's already in possession of former national security advisor John Bolton's tell all book set for release next week, "The Room Where It Happened." The Department of Justice filed a lawsuit against Bolton Tuesday afternoon after seemingly just learning of the book's impending release on Monday.
- Trying to get him to complete the process, go through the process, and make the necessary deletions of classified information.
- But the book has been published.
- No it hasn't.
- Yes, it's been published. It's just not released yet.
- Well, it's being printed.
KYLIE MAR: The White House had already taken multiple steps to delay the release of the book earlier this year. And Colbert will be delayed from being able to speak about its contents for the time being. But for good reason.
STEPHEN COLBERT: I've received it. But I can't say anything about what's inside of it until next Tuesday when John Bolton is on my show, unless you clap him in leg irons and then send black ops to halo jump into my locale, penetrate the perimeter of my nightstand, and remove the classified document I've been resting my ice tea on.
KYLIE MAR: But Colbert did give a sneak peek of what's hopefully not in the book.
STEPHEN COLBERT: Mike Pence tried skim milk. Does mother know? And what's this? Oh, yeah, the centerfold. So the mustache does match the carpet.
