The House's public impeachment hearings start Wednesday, and
President Trump appears determined to bury them under a blizzard of tweets and obfuscation,
Jimmy Kimmel said on Monday's Kimmel Live. "You know, people thought it was magnanimous when he decided not to take a presidential salary. Turns out it's because he doesn't do any presidential work. He's tweeting all day."Trump is releasing a transcript Tuesday from an earlier call with Ukraine's president, Kimmel shrugged. "What he thinks this will prove, I have no idea. Just because you release a transcript of a second call where you didn't break the law doesn't mean you're off the hook for the first. ... The president is also ramping up his attacks on the whistleblower. This is his thing now, attacking the whistleblower. 'Never mind what I did — get the guy who told people I did it!'""Today we learned that another
Pentagon official testified that Trump himself withheld aid money to
Ukraine because he wanted an investigation of
Joe Biden," Kimmel said. "That was damaging," but the
White House is most worried about former National Security Adviser
John Bolton and his copious notes. Meanwhile, Trump announced "he's thinking about making a trip to
Moscow for a May Day parade," Kimmel sighed. "The idea that the president of the
United States would go to
Russia to celebrate their military might is absurd, and no one was more surprised than Joe Biden.""Oh hey, speaking of people
Donald Trump doesn't want to see: It was a rough weekend for
Donald Trump Jr," Kimmel deadpanned. "DJTJ was here at UCLA promoting his new book, and he was heckled by what he thought was a group of liberals. Turned out it was a group of angry far-right-wingers who were upset there'd be no Q&A. And Don Jr., to his credit, stepped aside and let his girlfriend, Kimberly Guilfoyle, handle the yellers for him." Watch below.