Stephen Colbert uses strong Harry Potter comparison to describe the full Mueller report

Would read 'Harry Potter and the Goblet of Covfefe.'
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Stephen Colbert uses strong Harry Potter comparison to describe the full Mueller report
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Attorney General William Barr's four-page summary of Robert Mueller's almost two-year investigation is a little too short for many, as the House Judiciary Committee approved a subpoena to obtain the full report on Wednesday.

It's hard to relate to exactly how long that kind of read is, but The Late Show host Stephen Colbert put it into terms we'd understand.

"Barr's summary was not quite four pages long, while the full Mueller report is nearly 400 pages. That's Harry Potter length," he quipped in Wednesday night's monologue.

"Everybody wants to read Donny Trump and the Idiot of Azkaban! And the Goblet of Covfefe."

Yeah, would read.

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Shannon Connellan
UK Editor

Shannon Connellan is Mashable's UK Editor based in London, formerly Mashable's Australia Editor, but emotionally, she lives in the Creel House. A Tomatometer-approved critic, Shannon writes about entertainment, tech, social good, science, culture, and Australian horror.


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