The day before an impeachment vote in the House of Representatives, Trump made the bizarre comparison in a letter to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi.
on Tuesday, Trump said"more due process was afforded to those accused in the Salem Witch Trials."
To this, Colbert said in jest,"You know what? I agree with the president on this one. Fair's fair. We should throw him in the river," referring the method of trial by water used to prove a suspected witch's innocence or guilt in the 16th and 17th centuries. The myth behind this method is that innocent people would drown and sink to the bottom of the river, but witches would float.
Trump's letter to Pelosi was described by Colbert as a"disorienting mish-mash of dry legal language mixed in with Trump's signature angry word smoothies." Particularly of note to Colbert was Trump claiming the impeachment process has had a significant effect on his family."You do not know, nor do you care, the the great damage and hurt you have inflicted upon wonderful and loving members of my family," Trump wrote to Pelosi.
Colbert reacted, mocking Trump's voice:"You've hurt them all. The innocent wife I cheated on with a porn star, to the poor kids whose mother I bailed on two wives ago."
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