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Late Night with Seth Meyers Podcast

Will Forte | Bombshell Private Jan. 6 Texts from Don Jr and Fox News Hosts Revealed: A Closer Look

Late Night with Seth Meyers Podcast

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Political Comedy, Politics, After Shows, News, Comedy, Books, Authors, News Commentary, A Closer Look, Seth Myers, Tv & Film, Seth Meyers

4.33.5K Ratings

🗓️ 16 December 2021

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Summary

Seth takes a closer look at a stunning turn in the investigation of Trump's attempted coup, revealing that his son, as well as several Fox News hosts, privately begged then-Chief of Staff Mark Meadows to get Trump to stop the Capitol attack.

Then, Will Forte talks about recovering after day drinking with Seth, proposing to Seth's sister-in-law and the rejected titles for his series MacGruber.

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0:00.0

Let's say you love sports, but are also, you know, a busy person.

0:04.1

You want to know the latest sports news, but don't want to sit through a two-hour podcast.

0:08.8

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0:12.9

Listen to the lead starting five on Amazon Music or wherever you get your podcasts.

0:21.2

The Democratic National Committee held its annual holiday party last night outside of

0:26.0

the hotel Washington due to the spread of the Omicron variant, meanwhile the Republican

0:30.8

holiday party just added more mistletoe.

0:38.9

From 30 Rockefeller Plaza in New York City, please enjoy this podcast edition of Late Night

0:43.5

with Seth Meyers.

0:44.5

On today's show, Seth Chants with Bill Fortay, star and co-creator of the upcoming

0:48.3

Peacock Series, McGrubber, but first a closer look.

0:57.2

The investigation into former President Trump's attempted coup took a truly stunning turn

1:01.6

this week when it was revealed that his own son, Don Jr., as well as several Fox News

1:06.2

host privately begged Trump's chief of staff to get Trump to stop the attack on the Capitol,

1:11.2

and yet in public, those same people defended Trump and lied about the insurrection.

1:15.0

For more on this, it's time for a closer look.

1:21.6

On Monday, on this very show, we did a closer look where we laid out everything we knew

1:25.7

about the coup attempt that led to the January 6th insurrection and said that every time you

1:30.3

think it can't get more shocking, it does.

1:33.0

We taped that segment Monday afternoon, and before it even aired later that night, more

1:37.4

shocking revelations emerged.

1:38.6

Soon, we're just going to have to leave a space in the show where I move my mouth so we

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