Trump, SNL and Jeffrey Epstein
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Saturday Night Live opened with Donald Trump (James Austin Johnson) trying his best to deflect from Jeffrey Epstein, as the focus has turned on a vote next week to compel the release of Justice Department files on the convicted sexual predator.
Congressional lawmakers released thousands of pages of emails relating to the former financier earlier this week
Saturday Night Live mocked the Trump administration ’s ongoing attempts to downplay the Jeffrey Epstein scandal in a cold open sketch featuring the president denying he ever really knew Epstein just before offering to sell the Epstein files for $800 as a “stocking stuffer.”
Glen Powell served as the final host of November alongside musical guest (and recent Grammy nominee) Olivia Dean.
Later in the episode, Will Forte returned as MacGruber in a separate sketch, with Powell’s character hilariously positioned as the lone man determined to finally get the Epstein files out to the public. Chloe Fineman stepped in for Kristen Wiig as his exasperated sidekick.
The latest "SNL" cold open parodied New York City's mayoral election, starring Miles Teller, Ramy Youssef and Shane Gillis as the candidates.
Megyn Kelly faced criticism on SNL for suggesting Jeffrey Epstein preferred “barely legal” individuals, arguing he wasn't a pedophile.
Karoline Leavitt finally received the Saturday Night Live treatment this weekend, with Ashley Padilla debuting her new impression of Trump’s press secretary in the cold open.