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‘That Is the Most Gangster Excuse’

Trevor Noah isn’t buying President Trump’s official explanation for why he fired the director of the F.B.I., James Comey, on Tuesday.

“The memo says, ‘I cannot defend the director’s handling of the conclusion of the investigation of Secretary Clinton’s emails,’” Mr. Noah said. “And another part of it says, ‘We do not hold press conferences to release derogatory information about the subject of a declined criminal investigation.’ This is insane.”