During the first episode of Stewart’s new podcast,
The Weekly Show, from Comedy Central, Stewart spoke to Jane Mayer, a staff writer with the
New Yorkermagazine, and Noah Bookbinder, the
presidentof the Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington.
While speaking with Mayer and Bookbinder, Stewart questioned if Trump was “exposing a reality” of “crony capitalism” and “transactional corruption” within “corporate and political America.” The former president was recently found guilty of 34 charges of falsifying business records in the first degree related to payments made to adult entertainment star, Stormy Daniels, during the 2016 presidential election.
“Is he exposing a reality? I’m not saying he’s not pushing the limit of it,” Stewart said. “I’m not saying he’s not exploiting it, but isn’t he exposing at some level a reality of crony capitalism, a reality of transactional corruption that is the heartbeat of corporate and political America.”
