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Adam Schiff: “Stephen Colbert gets his show canceled.”

Featuring: Adam Schiff, Democratic | U.S. Senate, California

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Published | Video Starts at 03:51

Unless you pay the President millions of dollars personally. That merger is not going to go through. And what's more, that pesky late night comedian Stephen Colbert needs to go. And so Stephen Colbert gets his show canceled. Jimmy Fallon gets his show canceled, his show thankfully brought back. But the administration is using the regulatory power to censor late night comedians. He's going after the press, the freedom of the press. (03:51–03:54)

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Asserts that Stephen Colbert's show was canceled due to pressure from the administration.

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