‘SNL’ Cold Open Spoofs Donald Trump’s Indictment – ​​The Hollywood Reporter

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Saturday Night Live wasted no time responding to some of the week’s biggest news in Donald Trump’s indictment on charges involving payments made during the 2016 presidential campaign to silence claims of an extramarital sexual encounter.

James Austin Johnson returned to his Trump role, kicking off the cold open with a reference to Taylor Swift’s hit song “Anti-Hero,” saying, “It’s me, hi, I’m the problem, it’s me. ”

“Well guys, it happened. I got indicted, or as I spell it: indicated,” he said. “Honestly, it’s time for me to come clean, admit that I broke the law and go to jail quietly. April Fools! That is nonsense. I’m doing Jim from the Office.”

He continued, “Make no mistake. What the radical left Democrats are doing to me is worse than any crime I have ever committed, and I have committed many. It’s almost 34.”

Johnson’s Trump went on to say that people may have noticed that he opens his rallies with his song “Justice for All,” joking that it is the No. 1 song that beat Miley Cyrus’ “Flowers,” which, as we all know, is about Liam [Hemsworth].” Since his song brought in a ton of money, he said he’s releasing an album called Now That’s What I Call My Legal Defense Fund aka Trump Bopz, featuring “all the hits.”

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