This week, the House Oversight Committee released thousands of documents from the estate of Jeffrey Epstein, including emails that mention President Donald Trump. While the real-life Trump has mostly dodged questions about the emails — even yelling "quiet!" at a reporter asking follow-up questions about them — Saturday Night Live's version of Trump (James Austin Johnson) had a lot to say in this week's cold open.
The cold open kicked off with White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt (Ashley Padilla) reluctantly fielding questions from reporters about the emails at a press briefing.
"The only thing these emails prove is that President Trump did nothing wrong!" SNL's Leavitt says. "If anything, his crime was loving too much, and possibly too young."
It's not long before Johnson's Trump takes over the press briefing, aiming to hit journalists with some "gotcha" questions designed to highlight his innocence.
"If I was innocent, wouldn't I just release all the files?" Trump asks.
Well, yes, say the reporters grilling him.
It turns out that SNL's Trump does have plans to release all the Epstein files — as part of a business venture, that is. For the low price of $800, buyers can get framed, extremely low-resolution screenshots of Epstein's emails, including the infamous one that asks, "Does Putin have the photo of Trump blowing Bubba?"
"It makes a great stocking stuffer," Trump proclaims. So if you're low on Christmas gift ideas, there's an idea straight from SNL.
And if you thought SNL was done with the Epstein emails after that cold open, you'd be wrong. This week's installment of Weekend Update continued to lampoon Trump's connection to the emails, while the return of Will Forte as MacGruber yielded unexpected ties to the Epstein files.
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