Jon Stewart, Jimmy Fallon and Stephen Colbert React to Absurdity of Trump Arraignment and Arrest

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Stewart made an impromptu return to 'The Daily Show' in an attempt to discuss a historic, if somewhat odd, day, while Fallon, Colbert and Seth Meyers poked fun at the day's events.

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00:00It was an absolutely beautiful day here in New York.

00:0270 degrees and sunny with a chance of jail.

00:04Late night hosts like Stephen Colbert, Jimmy Fallon, and Jon Stewart reacted to the news of Donald Trump's arraignment and arrest.

00:12Trump was indicted by a New York grand jury for his alleged role in a scandal stemming from hush money payments

00:17made to Stormy Daniels prior to the 2016 U.S. presidential election.

00:22On The Daily Show, guest host Roy Wood Jr. focused on the absurdity of the media coverage

00:27surrounding the former president's journey from Mar-a-Lago to a Manhattan court for his arraignment.

00:32Because when today began, we were preparing for the craziest day in New York

00:37since the Stay Puft Marshmallow Man came to town and busted a nut on the whole city.

00:44Wood highlighted how Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene had compared Trump to Nelson Mandela and Jesus

00:50as other figures who had been subject to political arrest.

00:53Wood also noted that Trump didn't even have to come to New York for his arraignment.

00:56He could have done the whole arraignment at the crib because apparently they gave him the option to be arraigned over Zoom.

01:05After running through the day's events, Wood then brought in a special guest in the form of the ghosts of Daily Show's past, Jon Stewart.

01:12But the conversation slightly derailed.

01:15Why are you dressed like Obi-Wan Kenobi?

01:18I like to be comfortable.

01:20Over at The Tonight Show, Jimmy Fallon shared a special clip addressing the arraignment and Trump's Class E felony.

01:27Trump was like, of course they were very classy felonies.

01:30Some would say the classiest of felonies.

01:34Fallon then focused on Greene and Representative George Santos, who also showed up outside the New York courthouse

01:40and called it basically the craziest Thanksgiving Day parade.

01:43Even Times Square Elmer was like, if they try to engage, just walk right past them.

01:47Don't even, don't engage with them.

01:49Over on The Late Show, Stephen Colbert kicked off his Trump segment to loud cheers from the audience,

01:54discussing the media frenzy surrounding his arrest and what happened in the courtroom,

01:58showing a clip of an officer neglecting to hold the door open for Trump

02:02and the former president having to push it open himself.

02:04And over on NBC's Late Night, Seth Meyers dedicated his A Closer Look segment to Trump.

02:15Trump commented on his own arrest, a watershed moment in American history,

02:19the way your grandpa posts on Facebook about his trip to Italy.

02:23Wow, seems so surreal. Can't believe the pizza is better at home.

02:28Your grandmother says hello.

02:30For more Late Night reactions, head to THR.com.

02:33And for the latest entertainment news and updates, keep watching The Hollywood Reporter News.

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