The Daily Show with Trevor Noah discusses Robert Mueller's grand jury investigation into Russia's interference in the 2016 US elections, and a leaked transcript of a phone call between Donald Trump and the President of Mexico. Trump's comments about the wall and Mexico paying for it are highlighted, as well as his attempt to downplay the issue by saying that both he and the Mexican President have a "political problem."
The show then shifts to the topic of police body cameras, citing a recent incident in Baltimore where an officer was caught on camera planting evidence. Trevor Noah jokes about the officer's lack of showmanship in framing the suspect, and how the incident is not an isolated case. He then references a study by Stanford University, which analyzed 60 million state patrol stops in 20 states, finding that black and Hispanic drivers are more likely to be searched and receive tickets.
Noah also promotes a fictional product, the "Leo Devlin Forever Taillight," a humorous solution to avoiding police stops. The segment ends with a musical performance and a commercial for the "Leo Devlin Forever Taillight."
Here are the key facts from the text:
1. Robert Mueller has impaneled a grand jury in Washington to investigate Russia's interference in the 2016 elections.
2. A grand jury has been impaneled to investigate possible crimes related to the 2016 elections.
3. The Washington Post released a full transcript of phone calls between President Trump and the President of Mexico and the Prime Minister of Australia.
4. Attorney General Jeff Sessions is conducting a leak investigation.
5. Sessions is due to announce a major crackdown on leaks.
6. A video recorded on a Baltimore police officer's body camera appears to show an officer manipulating evidence in a drug case.
7. This is the second time police officers in Baltimore have been suspected of planting evidence in a drug case, with both incidents being exposed by their own cameras.
8. Body cameras were rolling during a traffic stop in Baltimore last November, showing officers searching a car for drugs.
9. The officers found nothing in the car until turning their body cameras off, and when the cameras came back on, an officer was seen squatting by the driver's side of the suspect's car, apparently unaware that he was being recorded.
10. Researchers at Stanford University collected and analyzed 60 million state patrol stops in 20 states.
11. They found that black drivers are issued 20% more tickets than white drivers.
12. Hispanic drivers received 30% more tickets than other drivers.
13. Hispanic drivers were most likely to be searched, but least likely to have contraband.
14. In areas where police regularly make broken taillight stops, stops of black and Hispanic people are both about 20% more likely for broken taillights than stops of white people.