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President Donald Trump is being personally investigated for obstruction of justice and TV's late-night hosts were armed with jokes about both the investigation and Trump's defensive response.

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00:00Trump and Russia is a made-up story.

00:02Then I said to myself, make sure you don't say that on TV.

00:07President Donald Trump is being personally investigated for obstruction of justice,

00:12and surprise, TV's late-night hosts were armed with jokes

00:16about both the investigation and Trump's defensive response.

00:20After revelations that special counsel Robert Mueller is examining

00:24whether Trump obstructed justice by firing FBI Director James Comey,

00:28the president rattled off a few tweets Thursday morning.

00:31Shocker.

00:32He wrapped up the flurry with this.

00:35I am being investigated for firing the FBI Director

00:38by the man who told me to fire the FBI Director?

00:42Witch hunt.

00:43Over on CBS's The Late Show, Stephen Colbert called the president

00:46being under a criminal investigation a historic moment.

00:50And the host said Mueller is not kidding around with his all-star legal team,

00:54calling Mueller Batman, and the rest of them, well...

00:57putting together The Flash, Green Lantern, and Wonder Woman

01:00to create the obstruction of justicity.

01:05As for Trump's repeated insistence that Mueller is on a witch hunt,

01:09Colbert agreed that he could totally see it,

01:11comparing the situation to the Salem witch trials,

01:13except this time, as Colbert put it,

01:15they did witchcraft in an interview with Lester Holt.

01:19On ABC's Jimmy Kimmel Live, Kimmel invited an actual witch,

01:22or a remarkable fake, played by Andy Samberg at least,

01:25I say it was real, to talk about the news.

01:29Oh, no, of course not.

01:30I've been hunted, and it's nothing like this.

01:33Over at NBC's Late Night, Seth Meyers laughed at the timing

01:37of Mueller's obstruction of justice case announcement,

01:39given Trump's complete vindication tweet

01:42in response to James Comey's testimony just a few days earlier.

01:46Meyers said Trump and his lawyer were quick to prove him right,

01:48concluding that Trump is the king of spiking the ball

01:52at the six-yard line.

01:54We're not in the end zone yet, but...

01:56His timing is amazing.

01:57I swear, if he tweeted,

01:58only fat losers step on rakes,

02:01this would be the next thing to happen.

02:04On CBS's The Late Late Show,

02:06James Corden wasn't aware at this point

02:08of any justice Trump has obstructed,

02:10but was very clear about what the president has done.

02:13I'll tell you what he has obstructed,

02:15my ability to talk about anything other than Trump,

02:18every night on this show.

02:20On TBS's Conan, Conan O'Brien said news

02:23that President Trump is under investigation

02:25for obstruction of justice was officially confirmed

02:27when President Trump said he is not

02:30under investigation for obstruction of justice.

02:32Obstruction of justice, that's how you know

02:33it's really happening.

02:34Yeah, yeah, he denied it.

02:36Meanwhile, on NBC's Tonight Show,

02:38Jimmy Fallon speculated that the Trump investigation

02:40could end up costing him the presidency.

02:43Trump's response?

02:44Okay, now give me the bad news.

02:45Make sure to head to THR.com

02:49for the full late-night bits,

02:51including The Daily Show's Trevor Noah,

02:53on his frustration with Trump defending himself

02:55by bringing up Hillary Clinton,

02:56and lots more.

02:57Guys, what's your take on late-night's response

02:59to the obstruction of justice investigation?

03:02Let me know in the comments.

03:03For The Hollywood Reporter News,

03:05I'm Paul Costabile, and I'm out.

03:07We'll see you next time.

03:19Great news.

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