Donald Trump crashes Epstein email press briefing in ‘SNL’ cold open

This week, the House Oversight Committee released thousands of documents about Jeffrey Epstein’s estate, including emails mentioning President Donald Trump. While the real Trump has mostly dodged questions about the emails – even shouting “quiet!” » to a reporter asking follow-up questions about them – Saturday evening liveThe version of Trump (James Austin Johnson) had a lot to say in this week’s cold open.

The cold open began with White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt (Ashley Padilla) reluctantly answering reporters’ questions about the emails during a press briefing.

“The only thing these emails prove is that President Trump did nothing wrong!” SNL» said Leavitt. “On the contrary, his crime was to have loved too much, and perhaps too young.”

It won’t be long before Johnson’s Trump takes over the press briefing, aiming to hit reporters with “trick” questions intended to emphasize his innocence.

“If I were innocent, wouldn’t I release all the files?” » asks Trump.

Well, yes, say the journalists, grilling him.

It turns out that SNLit’s Trump do intend to release all of the Epstein files – as part of a commercial enterprise, of course. For the modest sum of $800, buyers can have themselves 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’s a great Christmas present,” Trump proclaims. So if you’re short of Christmas gift ideas, there’s an idea that comes straight from SNL.