Given the tone of the speech, Oliver noted that it seemed like the White House was on track.

“The problem is, Sessions' confirmation hearing featured this exchange.”

“There’s an obvious problem there,” said Oliver.

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He wasn’t even asked if he’d met with the Russians.

He just implicated himself out of the blue.

We should have been immediately suspicious.

Transitioning back to Sessions, Oliver replayed part of Sessions' confirmation hearing.

“He looked right at the camera.

He looks like he’s about to loosen his collar and audibly say the word, ‘Gulp.'”

as it is, ‘Is the president physically capable of knowing things at all?'"

Oliver shifted to Trump’s Saturdaytweets claiming that former President Barack Obama tapped Trump’s phoneduring the election.

And his evidence for suggesting President Obama has committed a crime seems pretty thin."