Why Isn’t Fox News Covering Ivanka’s Private Email Use? Colbert Wants to Know

The "Late Show" host poked fun at email-gate, part two.

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Fox News had little to say about Ivanka Trump's email scandal. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
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Fox News may not have a lot to say about White House Adviser and First Daughter Ivanka Trump using her personal email server to conduct government business, but Stephen Colbert sure does.

The Late Show host used his platform Tuesday night to point out what he considered scant reporting from the conservative news network by comparing it to Fox’s 2016 coverage of Hillary Clinton’s very similar gaffe.

In a clip, he showed Fox hosts like Tucker Carlson and Sean Hannity laying into Clinton and then contrasted their muted responses to Ivanka Trump’s identical scandal.

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