Colbert: What Flynn Did Was Funny Because It’s Treason

RUSH TRANSCRIPT:
COLBERT: "Here's what happened -- after Obama imposed sanctions on Russia for messing with our election, Flynn called the Russian ambassador, discussed the sanctions and allegedly signaled the Kremlin to expect a reprieve when Trump took office. And if that signal wasn't enough, they got the hint when Trump signed his first executive order. Now at first, Flynn denied all of this. But he got caught because, turns out, we listen in on every phone call to the Russian ambassador. Who knew? Evidently, not the National Security Adviser, you dummy. Dummy, dummy! I knew! I knew that! I knew that! After it was revealed there were recordings, Flynn went from "Absolutely not" to "He couldn't be certain that the topic never came up." I know a way you can be certain. As the National Security Advisor, you could ask for the transcript. Could I see that, please? I should really not have this job! It's funny because it's treason. They say only treason is funny."