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On Monday's late-night shows, the hosts finally addressed former national security advisor Michael Flynn's pleading guilty to lying to the FBI about being in contact with Russia.

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00:00Mr. President, I got you an early Christmas gift, too. I just hope they're not too big on you.

00:08On Monday's late-night shows, the host finally addressed former national security adviser

00:12Michael Flynn pleading guilty to lying to the FBI about being in contact with Russia.

00:16On CBS's The Late Show host Stephen Colbert said the holiday spirit has finally arrived.

00:21Well, it feels like Christmas is here, courtesy of Robert Mueller coming down the White House

00:25chimney with a sack full of subpoenas, Colbert joked.

00:28Apart from pleading guilty, Flynn also agreed to cooperate with the special counsel's office.

00:32As Colbert put it, he's turning on his old friends. And, the host continued,

00:36It's like the old saying goes, snitches get significant time off their federal prison sentence.

00:41And if anyone is wondering who exactly Flynn decided to name in his plea deal,

00:50Jared Kushner is believed to have ordered Flynn to contact Russia after the election.

00:54Said Colbert,

00:58Colbert also read President Donald Trump's recent tweet, saying he fired Flynn for lying to the FBI

01:04and Vice President, a tweet that could prove an admission to obstruction of justice.

01:08After it was argued that Trump's lawyer John Dowd wrote the tweet, Colbert explained

01:12administration supporters are calling the defense,

01:14sloppy and unfortunate words that Colbert joked are Eric and Don Jr.'s Secret Service code names.

01:19Colbert also took a moment to celebrate the holiday collusion season, with Carola singing

01:24Robert Mueller's 12 Days of Christmas.

01:26A mother gave to me a Michael Flynn guilty plea

01:33Sounds like an instant holiday classic.

01:35On CBS's The Late Late Show, James Corden also took time to mock Dad's defense

01:39of writing Trump's questionable tweet.

01:41Any time I tweet something that you guys like, that was me.

01:44Any time a tweet proves I'm guilty of a crime, that was Reggie Corden joked

01:48to Michaud's band leader.

01:49Corden argued that a more believable lie would have been...

01:53Eric Trump got hold of his dad's iPad.

01:55We'd all believe that.

01:56When Trump tweeted in defense of Flynn that nothing happened to Hillary Clinton when she

02:00lied to the FBI, Corden was quick to retort...

02:02Nothing happened to her.

02:04She lost the presidential election to Donald Trump.

02:08Over at NBC's Late Night with Seth Meyers, the host took a closer look at Flynn's guilty plea,

02:13mocking Trump's possible obstruction of justice.

02:16Man, he is so bad at this.

02:18He's like one of those burglars who leaves his driver's license behind.

02:21Except he tweets his driver's license.

02:24Meyers also addressed Dad's defense.

02:26Because you basically admitted that your client committed a crime.

02:30That'd be like if Johnny Cochran got up and said,

02:32the glove does fit, my client's full of s**t.

02:34Meanwhile, on Comedy Central, The Daily Show host Trevor Noah was quick to question

02:38Flynn's admission that he lied after just four days on the job.

02:42Day four? That's so early.

02:44You don't even know where the good pooping bathroom is yet. Day four?

02:48Like Meyers, Noah compared Cochran's glove defense during the OJ Simpson trial to Dowd

02:53saying he had written Trump's tweet about firing Flynn.

02:56That's like if Johnny Cochran had tried the glove on himself and he'd be like,

02:59it fits perfectly because it's my murdering glove!

03:02Jimmy Fallon also poked fun at Mueller's investigation during NBC's The Tonight Show,

03:06dressing as Bruce Springsteen as he sang,

03:08Robert Mueller's coming to town.

03:10You better watch out, you better not cry.

03:14You better not lie to the FBI.

03:18To watch the full clips of the late night host taking on Michael Flynn's guilty plea,

03:21head to THR.com and tell us which host's take was your favorite in the comments.

03:25For The Hollywood Reporter News, I'm Lyndsey Rodrigues.

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