Watch: Stephen Colbert's 'Just Say No' PSA mocks Trump officials who won't comply with subpoenas

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Watch: Stephen Colbert's 'Just Say No' PSA mocks Trump officials who won't comply with subpoenas
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The spoof resurrected clips from the anti-drug PSA.

, the CBS program debuted a parody public service announcement that took aim at prominent members of President Donald Trump's administration for refusing to comply with Congressional subpoenas.

At one point, the parody ad featured a man standing in front of a hot stove, cracking an egg into a frying pan. The brief segment was a reference to the “This is Your Brain on Drugs” spot that ran in the mid-1990s.At one point, the parody ad featured a man standing in front of a hot stove, cracking an egg into a frying pan. The brief segment was a reference to the"This is Your Brain on Drugs" spot that ran in the mid-1990s that starred, among other actors, Rachel Leigh Cook.

"This is President Trump when you respond to a subpoena," he charged, smashing the egg into the pan. On the off chance the message wasn't clear, the actor then slapped a pair of handcuffs around the handle of the frying pan. "The subpoenas seek documents related to matters that were subjects of the investigation conducted by Special Counsel Robert S. Mueller, III," wrote White House lawyer Pat Cipollone

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