As the criminal investigation into Donald Trump continues, Jimmy Fallon has a hunch that the two-time impeached former president has a plan to avoid the charges — and it involves Thanksgiving.
On Friday night’s “Tonight Show,” Fallon spent most of his monologue mocking the current situation on Twitter. At one point, he marveled at the speed of the collapse of social media platforms under Elon Musk, joking that “even crypto ‘damn it, that crashed fast.'”
But eventually, Fallon turned her attention to Donald Trump and the fact that this week, Attorney General Merrick Garland appointed a special counsel to oversee the investigation of Trump’s actions on January 6 and the White House documents kill-a- Kept in and kept. Apply. With the appointment of the special counsel, Fallon joked that Trump was making a very complicated plan.
“As we speak, Trump is squeezing into a turkey costume to trick Biden into pardoning him,” Fallon said before busting his Trump impression and goading the twice-impeached former president to watch. acted out.
Of course, that special counsel was hired because, now that Trump has officially announced his candidacy for the 2024 presidential race, the Justice Department’s investigation of Biden could make Trump appear politically motivated. (which many have speculated is why Trump made the announcement so soon).
“Based on recent developments, including the former President’s announcement that he is a presidential candidate in the next election, and the current President’s declared intention to be a candidate as well, I conclude that a special appointment counsel in the public interest,” Garland said in a statement Friday.
You can watch Fallon’s full monologue in the video above.