{"id":35718,"date":"2019-12-13T15:23:03","date_gmt":"2019-12-13T15:23:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ismartnetwork.co.uk\/?p=35718"},"modified":"2019-12-13T15:23:03","modified_gmt":"2019-12-13T15:23:03","slug":"stephen-colbert-breaks-down-trumps-wild-alternate-reality-take-on-major-fbi-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ismartnetwork.co.uk\/?p=35718","title":{"rendered":"Stephen Colbert breaks down Trump&#8217;s wild &#8216;alternate reality&#8217; take on major FBI report"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Stephen Colbert breaks down Trump&#39;s wild &#39;alternate reality&#39; take on major FBI report\" src=\"https:\/\/mondrian.mashable.com\/lead-img-stephen-colbert-trump-conspiracy-theory-fbi.png\" \/> <\/p>\n<p> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" allowfullscreen=\"\" data-template=\"postlead - YT\" data-ytchannel=\"The Late Show with Stephen Colbert\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/x0be03d8f0E?enablejsapi=1&#038;\" width=\"640\"> <\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>Stephen Colbert was giddy as a schoolboy when he unwrapped an early Christmas present on Monday: a little present from the Inspector-General of the Justice Department. <\/p>\n<p>The Inspector-General&#8217;s report be said that the FBI&#8217;s 2016 -onward DoJ probe into Russian election interference <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2019\/dec\/09\/fbi-trump-russia-investigation-ig-report\">wasn&#8217;t motivated by bias against Trump<\/a> or a desire to &#8220;overthrow&#8221; his administration. 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