Verkkous comedian stephen colbert is to be investigated by the federal communications commission (fcc) over a joke about president donald trump. Verkkoin 2017, the federal communications commission (fcc) investigated colbert's homophobic joke about the apprentice host, which involved russia's president,. Verkkothe latter statement has been met with accusations of homophobia and led to a #firecolbert twitter campaign on the political right. Verkkocritics are branding stephen colbert a homophobe over a joke he made about president trump on monday night's late show. The episode, filmed at. Verkkocolbert made the joke during monday night’s episode of cbs’s “late night with stephen colbert,” declaring, peppering a barrage of insults against.