Jeffrey Epstein’s recently released emails became the focus of the cold open in the November 15 episode of *Saturday Night Live* (SNL).
The sketch began with Ashley Padilla’s portrayal of White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt taking questions from the press. Unsurprisingly, most of the journalists asked about the 23,000 emails that were released following the House Oversight Committee’s investigation into the Epstein files.
Shortly after, James Austin Johnson appeared as Donald Trump himself to offer an explanation.
“I am hiding almost nothing, just enough to make it extremely suspicious,” Trump said. He then tried to reason through the files, addressing the reporters: “Let me ask you a question. If there was something incriminating about me in the files, then why would I cover them up? OK, let me go again. If I were innocent, wouldn’t I just release the files? OK, third time’s the charm: Jeffrey Epstein. I barely knew the guy, as evidenced by the thousands of pictures of us together dancing and grinding our teeth at various parties.”
The sketch also referenced one of the most controversial viral messages, in which Epstein’s brother, Mark Epstein, discussed photos allegedly showing Trump “blowing Bubba” — with “Bubba” being a nickname for former President Bill Clinton.
“I’m going to release all of the Epstein files,” the Trump character declared. “This is great. Each file will be on sale for the low, low price of $800. This is a beautiful, one-of-a-kind, printed-out screenshot and very low resolution. I just ordered the one that says ‘Does Putin have the photo of Trump blowing Bubba?’ We love that one.”
The episode was hosted by Glen Powell.
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