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Daily Show Mocks Trump's $50M Bribe Scandal
Daily Show host Ronny Chieng jokes Trump's $50 million pardon for Julio Herrera shows inflation is getting bad.
In brief
Daily Show host Ronny Chieng jokes Trump's $50 million pardon for Julio Herrera shows inflation is getting bad. The Daily Show mocked Trump's administration for pardoning Venezuelan billionaire Julio Herrera for $50 million in exchange for clearing felony charges. Originally reported by TheWrap.
Daily Show host mocks Trump's corruption
Ronny Chieng joked that Trump's administration gave a $50 million pardon to Venezuelan billionaire Julio Herrera for felony charges.
“Inflation really is getting bad!”
Vice President Vance's corruption claim
Vice President JD Vance claimed the Trump administration rejects pay-for-play schemes and connections to government.
Pardon deal with Herrera
Alina Habba, Trump's former legal spokesperson, was paid $50 million to clear Julio Herrera's felony charges.
Pete Hegseth's execution plan
Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth planned to livestream the execution of Fort Hood shooter Nidal Hasan but Trump stopped it.
The bottom line
The Daily Show mocked Trump's administration for pardoning Venezuelan billionaire Julio Herrera for $50 million in exchange for clearing felony charges.
