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Trump tweeted he deserved to meet the whistleblower, and Stephen Colbert had a reply

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On The Late Show, Stephen Colbert reads Trump's tweet saying that "like every American" he deserved to meet his accuser, the whistleblower he said described "a perfect conversation with a foreign leader" in a "totally inaccurate and fraudulent way." Colbert answers that you only have the right to meet your accuser in a court of law, and adds that he hopes Trump gets that opportunity.

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Who
Stephen Colbert
Where
monologue - The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Original footage
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert · watch the full video from this moment
Length
46 seconds, unedited within the cut
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Good movie scary, I know super super scary movie now The White House doesn't have a lot of options left and you know the phrase hey, don't kill the messenger Trump doesn't know that phrase Because he tweeted like every American I deserve to meet my accuser especially when this accuser is so called who is so blower represented a perfect conversation with a foreign leader in a totally inaccurate and fraudulent way. Okay, okay. First of all, first of all, you only have the right to meet your accuser in a court of law. And I certainly hope you get that opportunity.

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