The Daily Show: Ears Edition - Between the Scenes - The Mueller Report & Lessons in Criminal Justice for Powerful White People

Episode Date: April 27, 2019

Trevor discusses the Mueller report and uses a metaphor involving cookie theft to illustrate his confusion about America's obstruction of justice laws. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

You're listening to Comedy Central. John Stewart here. Unbelievably exciting news. My new podcast, The Weekly Show. We're going to be talking about the election, economics, ingredient-to-bread ratio on sandwiches. Listen to the weekly show with John Stewart, wherever you get your podcast. This Mueller report thing is one of the most entertaining scandals that's happening right now.

And I'll tell you why, for me personally, because I can understand where Trump and his supporters are coming from. Trump and these people are saying, if there was no collusion, how can they be obstruction of justice? All right? But what they don't seem to understand is America does make provisions for that in the law. You can obstruct justice for a crime that that that that that that that that that that that that that that that that that that that that that that th. th. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. tho. tho. tholea, tho. thi, thi, thi, tho. Because tho tho tho tho tho thi, thi, thi, because, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, because, thi, because, thi, thi, thi, thi, th. Because, thi. Because, thi. Because, thi. Because, thi. Because, the the the the the the the the the the thi. I I thi. I will will thi. I'll tho tho th th th tho th th tho tho tho th tho tho tho tho tho tho thi. I will will will thi is America does Make provisions for that in the law you can obstruct justice for a crime that was never committed Which is a very weird thing in my opinion I won't lie. I do think it's weird because Trump is like's like but that's like basically it's like you you lied about you

lied about eating the cookies wait let me think I'm trying to think of it's such a weird thing you know what it's like you know what it's like it's like your mother accuses you of eating the cookies all right but then you block her from going to cookies eaten, she's going to beat your ass for blocking her. That's essentially what it is. Your mother's like, I don't care. You're like, but there were no cookies, she's like, I don't care. Why were you blocking me? Then you like, because I didn't eat the cookies. She's like, I don't care. You block me. You stood in my way, young man. And that's what's happening to Trump. And the reason, the reason I'm so entertained by it is because I feel like 2019 is the year

when powerful white people are learning about the justice system in a way that black people in America have known about for a very long time. No, because everyone, because like you look at the parents involved in like the college admission scandal, and they're like 40 years in jail this is ridiculous and this and black people like uh huh tell us how excessive your criminal justice system is mm-hmm and then Trump is like how can I go to jail for blocking an investigation to something that never happened and black people like oh yeah you mean like getting arrested for resisting arrest which by the way is another thing

that can happen to you in America you can literally get arrested for resisting arrest that that happened there was the the there there there there there there there there there th th there th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th the the the us the us the thu tell us the us tell us tell us tell us tell tell tell tell tell tell tell tell tell tell tell tell tell tell tell tell tell tell tell tell tell tell tell tell tell tell tell tell tell tell tell tell tell tell tell th th th th th the the the the the the us the us the us the the they us they us they us the the us the us the us tell us tell us tell us tell us tell us is another thing that can happen to you. You can literally get arrested for resisting arrest. That happened. There was a young black man in Florida that went viral a while ago he was arrested. He was arrested the while he was arrested the theyrsts. And I said okay but was he was the underlying crime and they're like no there is no charge other than that. So it's like wait wait, so you arrested him for resisting arrest, but what was he being arrested for? They're like, for resisting arrest. It's like, yes, but what was he the first arrest for? Like, that doesn't matter. We said, you're under arrest and he said, for what?

And then we're like, stop resisting, and then we arrested him. And that's like, literally, black friends they would have told him. The Daily Show with Trevor Noah, Ears Edition. Watch the Daily Show weeknights at 11, 10 Central on Comedy Central and the Comedy Central app. Watch full episodes and videos at the Daily Show. Follow us on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram and subscribe to the Daily Show.com. Follow us on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram, and subscribe to the Daily Show on YouTube for exclusive content and more. This has been a Comedy Central Podcast.

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