--- title: Stephen Colbert Mocks James Comey Testimony on Donald Trump description: Stephen Colbert spoofs former FBI director James Comey's testimony about President Donald Trump by joining the action in a sketch canonical: https://time.com/4812492/stephen-colbert-james-comey-testimony/ author: Ashley Hoffman article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-06-09T13:32:20.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:44:20.718Z og:title: Watch Stephen Colbert Grill James Comey in Mock Hearing og:description: "Just signal me in any way" og:url: https://time.com/4812492/stephen-colbert-james-comey-testimony/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltdffe161727ff2142/6988d0fe0a4a2208449ce8b3/colbert1.jpg?branch=production&width=1920&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Colbert og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Watch Stephen Colbert Grill James Comey in Mock Hearing twitter:description: "Just signal me in any way" twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltdffe161727ff2142/6988d0fe0a4a2208449ce8b3/colbert1.jpg?branch=production&width=1920&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Stephen Colbert Goes to Great Lengths to Grill Comey in Mock Senate Hearing by [Ashley Hoffman](https://time.com/author/ashley-hoffman/) ## Ashley Hoffman Jun 9, 2017 1:32 PM UTC  by [Ashley Hoffman](https://time.com/author/ashley-hoffman/) ## Ashley Hoffman Jun 9, 2017 1:32 PM UTC No one invited [Stephen Colbert](http://ti.me/2qZODKO) to former FBI director [James Comey’s testimony](http://time.com/4811175/comey-testimony-donald-trump-highlights/) before the Senate Intelligence Committee, but that didn’t stop him from pretending he was there. In a sketch that spoofed Thursday’s testimony amid a [federal investigation](http://time.com/4809221/james-comey-testimony-donald-trump-loyalty/) into ties between President Donald Trump’s campaign and Russia, the host had plenty of pressing questions. “Mr. Chairman, can I jump in here?” he asked. “Stephen Colbert. I’d like to thank my colleagues for allowing me to be in here, and I do call you my colleagues even though I’m not a senator,” he began. He then proceeded to “ask” Comey if there was any evidence to support the claims that President Donald Trump “colluded with Russia.” When Comey declined to answer his questions in an “open setting,” that didn’t stop Colbert from pressing harder in every way imaginable. “What if we made a pillow fort? Would you tell me in there?” No dice. The curtain dropper: Colbert asked Comey to wordlessly communicate with him using a signal. Watch the clip below. “Comey Day” was the most wonderful time of the year for the comedian. His Trump satire has made Colbert the [highest-rated](http://time.com/4738803/stephen-colbert-on-trump-ratings/) late-night television host, and Trump has even commented on his show [telling TIME](http://time.com/4775633/donald-trump-stephen-colbert-cnn-msnbc-chris-cuomo/) he’s a “no-talent guy.” ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4812492/stephen-colbert-james-comey-testimony/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4812492/stephen-colbert-james-comey-testimony/"},"headline":"Stephen Colbert Goes to Great Lengths to Grill Comey in Mock Senate Hearing","datePublished":"2017-06-09T13:32:20.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:44:20.718Z","description":"Stephen Colbert spoofs former FBI director James Comey's testimony about President Donald Trump by joining the action in a sketch","url":"https://time.com/4812492/stephen-colbert-james-comey-testimony/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Comedy","Donald Trump","Late Night Television","James Comey","onetime"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltdffe161727ff2142/6988d0fe0a4a2208449ce8b3/colbert1.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Ashley Hoffman","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/ashley-hoffman/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltdffe161727ff2142/6988d0fe0a4a2208449ce8b3/colbert1.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Colbert","caption":"","creditText":"","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4812492/stephen-colbert-james-comey-testimony/","name":"Stephen Colbert Goes to Great Lengths to Grill Comey in Mock Senate Hearing"}}]}] ```