‘SNL’ Weekend Update goes after redacted Epstein files
The last SNL of the year continued to attack the redacted Epstein files that were released on Friday (followed by the disappearance of some of them on Saturday). First, an Epstein-heavy cold open with James Austin Johnson’s Donald Trump, then a Weekend Update filled with references to the disgraced financier.
Host Colin Jost joked that it’s that time of year when we all talk about “the man who flies through the air to visit children around the world”… Jeffrey Epstein. Michael Che, another anchor, then speculated that the Justice Department couldn’t release all the files Friday because they “ran out of black ink.”
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Weekend Update stayed on politics this week, taking aim at RFK’s decision to ban transgender-affirming care, Marjorie Taylor Greene’s engagement and Trump’s apparent health issues. They also made fun of Vanity FairInterview with White House officials, like chief of staff Susie Wiles, who said Trump had an “alcoholic personality.”
“Hey, don’t you dare compare him to my friend Michael Che,” Jost said.
