Trump said he never wrote it. Then, this week, Epstein’s estate released the “birthday book,” which includes that message and ones from other friends ― but most Republicans are either calling it a fake or simply ignoring it.
Colbert rolled a clip of House Judiciary Committee Chair Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) earlier in the day.
“I haven’t seen it,” said Jordan. “Don’t buy it.”
Colbert fired back with a biting reminder from Jordan’s past.
“If Jim Jordan didn’t see it, it didn’t happen ― especially not in the showers at Ohio State,” he said, then encouraged his audience: “Google it.”
Jordan has denied those accusations, which have been corroborated by several witnesses.
“I considered Jim Jordan a friend,” former wrestler Mike DiSabato said in 2018. “But at the end of the day, he is absolutely lying if he says he doesn’t know what was going on.”
See more in Colbert’s Tuesday night monologue:
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