President Donald Trump’s attempt to use the federal government to suppress the speech of comedian Jimmy Kimmel has backfired spectacularly after millions tuned in for the late-night host’s triumphant return to the airwaves.

“You almost have to feel sorry for [Trump]. He tried, did his best to cancel me. Instead, he forced millions of people to watch the show. That backfired bigly. He might have to release the Epstein files to distract us from this now,” Kimmel said.

Kimmel’s Tuesday night monologue received more than 9 million views on YouTube in the first 10 hours it was available. That is far more than the usual Kimmel monologue on YouTube.

Google searches for Kimmel’s monologue spiked Tuesday night and into Wednesday morning, likely representing hundreds of thousands of searches for

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