Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
Political Fundraising
Season 3, Episode 7 · Aired 2016-04-03
Synopsis
John talks about the 2016 Nuclear Security Summit and some of the "creative" remarks made by Donald Trump about nuclear weapons. Next the 2016 Opening Day in baseball is discussed. The CEO of the New York Yankees has made a "bold" statement and John tries to thwart him. The main story is about congressional fundraising, members of congress and other officials have to spend exorbitant amount of time calling potential contributors and eat a LOT of seafood.
In the series
This episode is part of Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (2014–present) on HBO.
Longform late-night investigations — net neutrality explainers as comedy events.
Key cast
- John Oliver as Host