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‘One Eye Patch Away From Being a Bond Villain’

Late-night hosts on Monday seized upon a bombshell story that they had been expecting, in some form or another, for weeks. The special counsel, Robert Mueller, announced charges against the former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort and two other erstwhile members of President Trump’s team.

“It really doesn’t look good. Twelve counts, including ‘conspiracy against the United States.’ I don’t even know what that means, but it just sounds bad,” Trevor Noah said.