Play of the Day: Selling Crack to the President
Last Week Tonight examines mandatory minimum sentencing for drug offenses.
Recently, Republican Rep. Carlos Curbelo speculated that Donald Trump is not a real Republican candidate for president, but rather a plant from the Democrats to disrupt the GOP primary. The Tonight Show's Jimmy Fallon noted this development, joking that Trump is really just Bill Clinton in a bad wig.
Last Week Tonight's main feature Sunday examined mandatory minimum sentences for federal crimes. John Oliver looked at the effects the sentences have had on American prison population, referencing Australia as a penal colony and even looked at the history of the laws and presidents selling them. George H.W. Bush's DEA, apparently, had quite a gaffe with a crack dealer across the street from the White House. Check it out at 2:40.