Hours after the former U.S. President was found guilty on all counts of criminal fraud in a New York trial, the comedian doesn't miss a beat in delivering a monologue filled with biting humor and sharp insight.
- May 31, 2024
AceShowbiz - Jimmy Kimmel wasted no time in addressing Donald Trump's guilty verdict in the New York hush money trial on Thursday night's "Jimmy Kimmel Live!". "Weeks of sleep-farting, all down the drain," Kimmel quipped. "You've got to hand it to him, no president has ever been convicted more than Donald Trump. How long before he starts bragging about this?"
After seven weeks of testimony, a jury found Trump guilty on all 34 counts of falsifying business records. Kimmel played footage of Trump outside the courtroom, where he denounced the trial as "rigged" and vowed to keep fighting.
"The only thing you'll be fighting over is the Jell-O cup on your prison cafeteria tray," Kimmel quipped. He suggested that Trump should "automatically make those jurors the new Supreme Court."
Kimmel joked that Trump's son, Eric Trump, had suggested the day could be remembered as the day Trump won the 2024 presidential election. "Or," he cracked, "it'll be remembered as the day a jury in New York spanked your dad even harder than Stormy did with that Forbes magazine."
Kimmel's monologue also included a reference to Trump's comments about fighting "to the end." He asked, "The end of what? The buffet line? The cupcake carousel?"
Sentencing for Trump will be on July 11, a date Kimmel noted for its historical significance, "It happens to be the same day Aaron Burr shot Alexander Hamilton, and it's the day El Chapo escaped from prison."
"But this is not El Chapo," he continued. "This is port Chapo. We're not in Mexico. This is New York. The judge could send him to Rikers Island. Will he get probation? Maybe they'll put him under house arrest - oh, man... for Melania, that would be, that is a double whammy with cheese is what that is."
Kimmel's monologue ended with a resounding joke, "After seven long weeks, the courtroom is empty, and Donald Trump's diaper is full."
