You're listening to Comedy Central. Tonight was the season finale of the January six Hearings, the TV event that investigates the day a mob of mega maniacs tried to help Mike Pants meet his hero. So phase one of the hearings coming to a close, let's catch up on the latest developments in our ongoing coverage of January six. After weeks of televised hearings, we're learning a lot about what happened on January six and the days that led up to it. We learned that Donald Trump was told by
his closest advisors that the election wasn't stolen. We also learned that he set up a fake election defense fund that took millions of dollars from his supporters. We also learned that he knew his crowd was on that day and still sent them to the capital anyway, and after all of this guy's I don't know about you, but I'm starting to think this Donald Trump guy might be bad news. I'm seeing like one or two red flags
here and I'm the only one. Because remember how we learned in those hearings about how Trump tried to get Mike Penn's to single handedly toss out the election results. You remember that part. Yeah, Well, a bipartism group of senators has decided that ship should never happen again. You're
in Washington. A bipartisan group of senators have cut a deal that would make it much tougher to pull off a repeat of what former President Trump tried to do that effort to pressure his vice president into overturning the election. One measure would reform the Electoral Count Act to make it clear that the VP's job is quote solely ministerial, and that he or she does not have any power solely to determine, except reject, or otherwise adjudicate disputes over electors. Wow,
this is big, This is big. Senators from both parties have agreed to amend the Electoral Count Act of eight seven to make it clear once and for all that the VP cannot just toss out the election results, which, yes, is something everyone in America already knew except for one guy. You know. It's kind of like when in kindergarten the teacher makes an announcement to the whole class, but it was clearly directed at one kid. You know, It's like, okay, class, Remember,
we don't poop on the toilet. We poop in the toilet. That that's for everyone to understand. Okay, Donald, that's it was. It was obviously to everyone else. But the vice president can just throw out the election results. That would make no sense. Why would you give so much power to someone who's otherwise totally powerless. Would like handing over control of America's drones to whichever kid wins the National Spelling
b It's what the founders wanted. But either way, this is a big deal, and it's also a good reminder for America that if an old ass lord doesn't make sense anymore, you can just change that ship, all right. And don't get me wrong, going wrong, I'm not saying it's because people in the day were stupid. No, people back in the day were smart as hell, all right. They studied the classics, they knew how to write in cursive, they wore top hats, all the signs of an intelligent person.
But they wrote the laws that made sense for their time. Yeah, they didn't need to spell this out because they didn't have a Donald Trump. So that law has changed. The vice president conscious overturned the election and knowing America and whoever writes the story. What's gonna happen is Donald Trump's gonna get all these people to become the electors in
each state. They're gonna ignore the voters, right, so they're gonna go, these are the votes, and then it's gonna come to Kamala Harris will be like Kamala flip the things. She's like. Man, But it looks like overturning the next election might be the least of Donald Trump's worries, because after all the facts that the Committee has exposed about his lost overturning, the Justice Department might be paying Donald
the visits. The spot line on the Justice Department's investigation is grow Attorney General Mary Garland making it clear he will hold accountable every person who is criminally responsible. No person. It's about the law in this country. Nothing stops us. I don't know how to maybe say that again. No a person. It's about the longest country. I can't say any damn. I've never seen that side of Mary Garland looked like he was about to cut a bit. Did you see any did that? Yeah? He like he turned
into Samuel L. Jackson for a second. He's like, no person is above what about the Americans like, what part of no person? Don't you understand? Mother? I said, no person. Now, what's interesting about the story is that some Democrats are actually mad at Mary Garland because they think he doesn't really want to prosecute Trump. All right. They say he's slow rolling, he's trying to hide behind things. But I'll be honest, I get it. I think the man is
in a tough spot here. Think about it. Even if Trump is definitely guilty, can you imagine what would happen if he gets sent to prison? The country would explode. You thought January six was bad, Trump supporters will be storming everything. If you got arrest of the capital, the White House to Supreme Court. The only place that will be safe from them is libraries, like, don't go in there.
They got history books. But it turns out, it turns out Meryl And isn't even Trump's only problem, because right now he's being investigated by everyone, right Congress, the States of New York, a district attorney in Georgia, the men in black, and I get it. I get it. No human beings don't just look like this. It doesn't make sense. That's not a human thing. So Trump looks like he's in a tough spot right now. But if there's one thing we know about Donald Trump is that getting out
of tough spots is his speciality. He can get out of anything, criminal cases, lawsuits, marriages, marriages are the marriages. And apparently, apparently Trump thinks he's found an ingenious way to get out of his current troubles. It is sounding more likely than an announcement from for President Trump about election bid is more of a matter of when and
not an if. But it's not just about avenging a loss for people with knowledge of the situation tell Rolling Stone Magazine that mounting legal issues are a motivating factor for Trump's desire to retake the Oval office. According to the Justice Department's Office of Legal Counsel, a sitting president cannot be charged with a federal crime. Yeah, so it turns out some people are above the law. And it's crazy that Trump might run for president so that he
doesn't go to jail. Yeah, you know, it's almost wild that Donald Trump is the only person who runs for president but has no interesting being president. You know, the first time he did it to try and drum up ratings for The Apprentice, and now he's going to run just to stay out of the out of jail, like his campaign slogan is probably gonna Trump twenty twenty four, I can't do time. I actually think it would make
the campaign more fun. Yeah. Can you imagine if Trump's running for president while he's running from the law every ready, just like no child should ever learn pronouns or I'll ship the cops are here, Rudy over the sewer gate. You'll never get me. Pepp out, Peppy, how pep down. So that's the end of the first season of the January six Committee, and it ends with the possibility of Trump going to prison. And I'm sure right now wherever he is, the man is probably terrified. He's just like,
what do I do, Milania? I can't go to prison. How am I gonna survive? Don't worry, Donald, I'll give you teeps. I've been a prisoner for twenty years. Wat's the Daily Show weeknights eleven Central on Comedy Central, in stream fool episodes anytime on Paramount Plus. This has been a Comedy Central podcast