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The FBI Raided Paul Manafort With A 'No-Knock' Warrant
August 10 2017
Summary: Stephen Colbert riffs on developments in Robert Mueller’s Russia investigation, focusing on the FBI’s pre-dawn no-knock raid of former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort’s home and what it could signal about potential money laundering and foreign-account reporting violations. He also discusses reports that President Trump privately exchanged friendly messages with Mueller despite publicly denouncing the probe as a “witch hunt,” using the contrast to highlight perceived hypocrisy and tension around the investigation.
00:01 Stephen Colbert Our president might have another reason he wants the world to end. 00:06 It's the ongoing Russia investigation by former FBI director and man with a D-cup jaw, Robert Mueller. 00:13 Because we learned today that the FBI conducted a pre-dawn raid of former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort's home using a no-knock warrant. 00:24 Yeah, no-knock. 00:27 No-knock. 00:30 IT IS THE SAME KIND OF WARRANT DONALD TRUMP USED AT THE MISS UNIVERSE DRESSING ROOM. 00:37 JUST, NO, NO! 00:39 HELLO! 00:39 THAT MEANS, THAT MEANS, OKAY, THIS MEANS INVESTIGATORS DON'T TRUST PAUL MANAFORT. 00:45 AND I DON'T KNOW WHY. 00:45 I MEAN, JUST LOOK AT HIM. 00:49 YES, OFFICERS. 00:52 YES, OFFICERS, COME RIGHT IN. 00:53 FEEL FREE TO LOOK AROUND MY LAIR. 00:56 PLEASE DON'T GO IN THE BASEMENT AND IGNORE THE GOLD BOOLION AND THE AGENTS STRAPPED TO THE LASER TABLE. 01:02 NOW, THIS COULD BE SERIOUS, BECAUSE IT SUGGESTS THAT ROBERT MUELLER MAY BE INVESTIGATING MONEY LAUNDERING AND CRIMINAL CHARGES RELATED TO THE FEDERAL BANK SECRECY ACT, WHICH REQUIRES AMERICANS TO REPORT THEIR FOREIGN BANKING ACCOUNTS. 01:18 DOES IT COUNT AS A FOREIGN BANK IF IT'S JUST A MEATLOCKER FULL OF CASH IN A UKRAINIAN DISCO? 01:24 AND WHILE THIS IS GOING ON, WE LEARNED THAT DONALD TRUMP HAS EXCHANGED PRIVATE MESSAGES WITH ROBERT MUELLER. 01:32 NOW, WE DON'T KNOW WHAT TRUMP SAID IN THESE MESSAGES. 01:35 ARE THEY TROUBLING, LIKE HIS PRIVATE MESSAGES WITH JAMES COMEY, OR ARE THEY INNOCENT, LIKE HIS PRIVATE MESSAGES WITH BILLY BUSH? 01:43 WE DON'T KNOW. 01:45 ALL WE KNOW SO FAR IS, ACCORDING TO ONE OF THE PRESIDENT'S LAWYERS, THE MESSAGES EXPRESSED APPRECIATION AND GREETINGS. 01:54 APPRECIATION AND GREETINGS, WHICH MUST HAVE LOOKED PRETTY STRANGE SCRAULED ACROSS A HORSE'S HEAD. 02:02 I HAVE TO SAY, IT SEEMS STRANGE THAT TRUMP WOULD BE COMPLIMENTING MUELLER IN PRIVATE, SINCE PUBLICLY HE'S CALLED THE RUSSIA INVESTIGATION THE SINGLE GREATEST WITCH HUNT IN AMERICAN POLITICAL HISTORY. 02:21 UNLESS WITCH HUNT IS ALSO INTENDED AS A COMPLIMENT. 02:26 SUPER GREAT WITCH HUNT, BOB. 02:28 LOVE THE ANGRY MOB AND THE TORCHES. 02:30 LET'S THROW ME IN THE RIVER. 02:31 I CAN'T WAIT TO SEE IF I FLOAT. 02:32 We'll be right back.