'Saturday Night Live' returned to 'Weekend Update' to mock 'wrong-headed' Capitol Riots, Trump's impeachment

More than a month after he encouraged his followers to challenge the results of the presidential election and march on the Capitol, President Donald Trump is off the hook for citing a deadly insurrection on Jan. 6.

“Saturday Night Live” came out swinging on Saturday with a cold open mocking Donald Trump’s impeachment trial and “foregone conclusion” of an acquittal. The sketch also gave the show’s cast members another chance to shine with some biting political impressions.

came out swinging on Saturday with a cold open mocking Donald Trump's impeachment trial and «foregone conclusion» of an acquittal.

Former president Donald Trump’s acquittal may have made headlines on Saturday morning, but the impeachment trial took up only a portion of SNL‘s Weekend Update segment.

Danielle Turchiano Senior Features Editor, TVIt was only about an hour after the Senate failed to impeach former president Donald Trump that NBC’s late-night sketch comedy show “Saturday Night Live” was back on the air, delivering its third show of the new year.

direct to your inboxProsecutors unveiled chilling new security video in Donald Trump’s impeachment trial on Wednesday, showing the mob of rioters breaking into the Capitol and searching menacingly for Vice President Mike Pence and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi.Footage showed rioters smashing windows and doors as overwhelmed police begged on their radios for help in the insurrection, in which five people died.In the previously unreleased recordings, the House prosecutors showed scenes of how close

Mike Pence, 61, was one of the many politicians who had to escape the MAGA mob that stormed the U.S. Capitol last month and now a new never-before-seen security video is showing the chaotic scene he had to endure.

SNL‘s Weekend Update hosts Michael Che and Colin Jost added to the layers of criticism against Georgia congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene, who has publicly supported QAnon and shared conspiracy theories.

"Saturday Night Live" returned from its winter break with a slightly different approach to covering politics that many viewers immediately noticed. After spending four years relentlessly mocking Donald Trump each week, the popular NBC sketch show did not open with an impersonation of President Joe Biden or Vice President Kamala Harris.That’s not to say that the episode shied away from politics.

A number of notable events transpired since the last Saturday Night Live Episode – from the violent attacks on the U.S. Capitol to the release of Netflix’s Pretend It’s A City – and Weekend Update hosts Michael Che and Collin Jost recapped it all.

Saturday Night Live doesn’t have Donald Trump or Richard Nixon to kick around anymore. That could spell trouble.

“I’ve been asked in the run-up to the film, after the film came out, if the script changed at all to mirror events,” The Trial of the Chicago 7 director-writer tells us today on Crew Call about the pic coinciding with modern day political headlines, “The answer is ‘No’. Events changed to mirror the script.”

The Senate rejected an effort to sideline the pending impeachment trial of Donald Trump, but in an early gauge of support for convicting the former president, just five Republicans joined with Democrats to move forward.

John Mulaney's jokes on  were not a laughing matter to the United States Secret Service.

The U.S. Secret Service has released some details about its investigation into comedian John Mulaney over jokes he made about Donald Trump on "Saturday Night Live" last year.  Mulaney first revealed that he was investigated by the Secret Service during an appearance on "Jimmy Kimmel Live." "In February, I did a joke that was not about Donald Trump," the comedian explained at the time.

A bound edition of materials about President Donald Trump's second impeachment will feature a foreword from an estranged associate — former Trump attorney Michael Cohen. Skyhorse Publishing announced that The Second Impeachment Report: Materials in Support of H.

Donald Trump's second impeachment will feature a foreword from an estranged associate — former Trump attorney Michael Cohen.Skyhorse Publishing announced that “The Second Impeachment Report: Materials in Support of H. Res.

is the after all. Pelosi's office confirmed to that the outfit worn on Wednesday, January 13 was the exact same one worn at the first hearing. Pelosi at the December 18, 2019 impeachment hearing.Pelosi at the January 13, 2021 impeachment hearing."Those insurrectionists were not patriots," Pelosi .