John Oliver is joining the growing list of Hollywood notables who have reacted to Donald Trump's guilty verdict in his New York hush money trial. A jury found the former president guilty on all 34 counts of falsifying business records after weeks of testimony. Trump also became the first former president to be convicted of felony crimes. Oliver reacted to the news on 'Last Week Tonight' opening with, "A New York businessman got into some legal trouble, which was undeniably fun to watch unfold live."
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00:00 John Oliver is joining the growing list of Hollywood names who have reacted to Donald Trump's guilty verdict in his New York hush money trial.
00:07 On Thursday, a jury found the former president guilty on all 34 counts of falsifying business records after weeks of testimony.
00:15 Trump also became the first former president to be convicted of felony crimes.
00:19 Oliver reacted to the news on Last Week Tonight, opening with,
00:22 "A New York businessman got into some legal trouble, which was undeniably fun to watch unfold live."
00:28 The comedian proceeded to play a clip from NBC News where senior legal correspondent Laura Jarrett verbally read "guilty" for each individual count.
00:36 She did that for all 34 counts and it is so satisfying to watch.
00:39 "I'd honestly be surprised if someone hadn't already uploaded it to Pornhub by now."
00:43 However, he noted, "Anyway, that will be so fun to remember five months from now when we're all watching that exact anchor count the 270 electoral votes that Trump's won because nothing matters if we live in a broken world."
00:55 Last week, other late night hosts also shared their thoughts on the former president's verdict.
00:59 Jimmy Kimmel also had some words to share on the matter, saying,
01:02 "You've gotta hand it to him. No president has ever been convicted more than Donald Trump. How long before he starts bragging about this?"
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