It’s hard out there for corrupt politicians trying to make a name for themselves these days. Imagine trying to get some eyeballs on the cartoonish corruption of members of Congress when the former president is on trial for defrauding voters by covering up hush money payments to a porn star who allegedly spanked his little bottom with a magazine. That’s the position Trump has put poor New Jersey Senator Bob Menendez in.
Authorities found boots stuffed with cash, trash bags containing hundreds of thousands of dollars, and, most infamously, gold bars. As if that wasn’t bad enough, his web history also includes a search for “How much is one kilo of gold worth?” All this leads Jon Stewart to ask, Senator Menendez, how dumb is you? On tonight’s Daily Show, Stewart wondered aloud why this longtime congressman doesn’t use one of the many lawful avenues of corruption that have benefitted his colleagues.