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'High Stakes, Low IQ': Stephen Colbert Trashes Trump 'Dumdums' Named In New Subpoena

"The Late Show" host tore into the Trump allies who attempted a "heist on democracy.”
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Stephen Colbert mocked the associates of Donald Trump who were named in new subpoenas to testify before the congressional committee investigating the Jan. 6 insurrection. 

Or as Colbert called them, “a collection of powerful dumdums who helped orchestrate the last-ditch efforts to steal the election, a high-stakes low-IQ heist on democracy.” 

Colbert observed that one person summoned by Congress was former Trump adviser Stephen Miller, which Colbert said was “surprising.” 

“I thought he could only be summoned by sacrificing a goat,” Colbert said. 

See more in his Tuesday night monologue. 

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