Stephen Colbert's Cold Open Mocks DOJ's Missing Epstein Files With a Classic, If Unlikely, Explanation'

"We here at the Department of Justice have a perfectly sound explanation for the missing Epstein files. A dog ate them, the faux spokesperson confidently declared. The skit spiralled into escalating absurdity: Yes, the DOJ was infiltrated by a DOJ. And this very bad boy seemed to only have an appetite for documents that mention the president."

"NPR reported Tuesday that internal FBI and Justice Department outline documents detail allegations from a woman who claimed that around 1983, when she was about 13 years old, Epstein introduced her to President Donald Trump. Records released last month show the FBI interviewed the woman four times, but only one of those interviews appears in the Justice Department's public Epstein files database with 53-pages missing."

Stephen Colbert opened The Late Show with a satirical sketch mocking the Justice Department over missing Jeffrey Epstein files. NPR reported that internal FBI and DOJ documents contain allegations from a woman who claimed Epstein introduced her to President Trump around 1983 when she was 13. The FBI interviewed the woman four times, but only one interview appears in the public Epstein files database with 53 pages missing. Colbert's mock DOJ spokesperson offered an absurd explanation: a dog ate the files. The sketch escalated into increasingly ridiculous scenarios, including claims the dog was infiltrated into the DOJ and selectively ate documents mentioning the president, ultimately suggesting no evidence of wrongdoing existed.

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