
By Steve Neavling
Ticklethewire.com
“The Late Show” host Stephen Colbert, pointing out Donald Trump’s trouble finding a lawyer, offered an unconventional solution to the president: Hire special counsel Robert Mueller.
Colbert referred to news that former acting solicitor general Neal Katyal speculated that Trump dumped his latest two lawyers – husband-and-wife legal team Joseph E. diGenova and Victoria Toensing – because Mueller “may have told Trump he had concerns” that Trump was doing “something profoundly dangerous.”
Colbert said, “If this is true, then clearly the best lawyer that Trump has against Robert Mueller is Robert Mueller. I think, just for everyone’s sake, Mueller should argue both sides.
The clip is below.
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