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Colbert Calls ABC News ‘Stupid’ for Paying $15 Million Settlement to Trump

‘This is the question my friends’
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COLBERT: “The lawsuit says the defendants favored the Democratic nominee 'through use of a leaked and manipulated' poll. It’s true, the Des Moines Register leaked its poll where you’d least expect it: in the Des Moines Register. Same way I leak ’my’ opinion every night at 11:30, 10:30 Central, following your local news sports and weather leaks. So, why, wait, why, the question is — this is the question, my friends. Why is this stupid thing stupidly happening? My guess, because of the stupid, stupid thing ABC did. See, this weekend, ABC News agreed to pay $15 million and issued an apology to settle a defamation lawsuit. And if the president — 
(Audience boos)
— if the president thinks he can bully the media into never saying anything bad about him, well... what else is going on? What are we — Timberlake? We're doing Timberlake? Justin Timberlake?"

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