The Michael Cohen hearings dominated the news on Wednesday and, not surprisingly proved fodder for the late night hosts, including Seth Meyers, who focused on the hearing in his latest — and lengthy — The Closer Look.

Meyers started by talking about Trump ally and Florida Congressman Matt Gaetz who, even before the hearing began, sent out a tweet appearing to threaten Cohen.

That tweet, since deleted, read: “Hey @MichaelCohen212 – Do your wife & father-in-law know about your girlfriends? Maybe tonight would be a good time for that chat. I wonder if she’ll remain faithful when you’re in prison. She’s about to learn a lot.”

“I didn’t think anyone could out-sleaze Donald Trump, but you did it, my friend,” Meyers snarked at Gaetz on Wednesday night. “You are trying to intimidate a witness on Twitter. What’s next, are you going to Instagram a picture of a brick with the caption, ‘About to throw this through your window?’”

Meyers also slammed Ohio’s Jim Jordan, who he said just managed to embarrass himself and for “the most part just yelled all the random buzzwords you hear Fox News pundits screaming about all day” during the hearing.

Turning to President Donald Trump, Meyers noted that Cohen listed off “a bunch” of alleged crimes committed by the president on national TV.

“It’s so ironic. Trump finally went to Vietnam and is getting killed back home,” Meyers quipped, referencing the fact Trump did not serve in Vietnam because of bone spurs.

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