Bassem Youssef reveals details of interrogation with CNN | VIDEO
‘Egypt’s Jon Stewart’ faced his toughest crowd yet on Sunday.
Bassem Youssef, host of the satirical Arabic-language news show ‘The Program,’ was interrogated for five hours at an Egyptian prosecutor’s office, as part of an investigation over complaints that his comedy material insulted Islam and Egyptian President Mohamed Morsy.
During the interrogation, Youssef says, he was forced to watch evidence against him – his own television programs.
“Basically we were going through the punch lines,” he told CNN’s Christiane Amanpour in an exclusive interview on Monday. “Answer questions, line by line, phrase by phrase and joke by joke.”
The comedian was released Sunday on $2,200 bail in response to three lawsuits filed against him, the prosecutor general’s office told CNN.
Latest Bassem Youssef Tweet: ((A new investigation against me is to be started because of last episode. Accusations include spreading rumors and disturbing the “Peace”))
