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Nardos Haile

Stewart: "Legal corruption" in Congress

Jon Stewart put New Jersey Sen. Bob Menendez in the hot seat over his upcoming corruption and bribery trial while highlighting the many ways other politicians use legal financial ways to engage in corruption without any checks and balances put in place.

On Monday's episode of "The Daily Show," Stewart didn't hold back, irony dripping in every word when he said, "I don't mean to get sentimental here, but in what other country in the world can a Cuban-American can work hand-to-hand with an Egyptian-born businessman to corner the halal meat market? Living in America!"

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