'SNL' takes on the January 6 Committee and Trump - CNN

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“Saturday Night Live” opened this week’s occurrence taking connected 1 of the astir notable moments successful quality arsenic of late: the House Select Committee investigating the January 6, 2021, insurrection.

Kenan Thompson, who played Rep. Bennie Thompson, opened the NBC assortment show by introducing the assemblage to the committee’s ninth and last hearing.

“January 6 was 1 of the astir melodramatic and consequential moments successful our nation’s history, truthful to combat backmost we assembled a squad of monotone nerds to bash a PowerPoint,” Thompson’s Bennie Thompson said.

He past went connected to accidental the committee has been looking into the onslaught for much than a twelvemonth but this league would beryllium a “little different.”

“We are going to summarize our findings, clasp a history-making ballot and past and lone past we each get to person a small treat,” Thompson’s Bennie Thompson said bringing retired pastries.

After this introduction, Rep, Liz Cheney, played by Heidi Gardner, took the floor.

“Over the past fewer months, this bipartisan committee has presented our lawsuit to each Americans,” she said. “Whether you’re a Republican who’s not watching oregon a Democrat who’s nodding truthful hard your caput is falling off, 1 idiosyncratic is liable for this insurrection: Donald Trump. And 1 idiosyncratic volition endure the consequences: Me.”

Gardner’s Cheney said audiences whitethorn beryllium wondering what makes her truthful tough, and she said that she would inquire the audience, “Who’s your dad? Is it Dick Cheney?”

“So yeah, I conjecture you could accidental I person large Dick Cheney energy,” she said.

The committee past went implicit immoderate of its grounds including a video of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, played by Chloe Fineman, and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, played by Sarah Sherman, successful a bunker.

“Hello, DoorDash? It’s Chuck Schumer,” Sherman’s Schumer said connected a telephone from the bunker. “Yes, we inactive haven’t received our luncheon order. And I did alteration our driblet disconnected determination owed to immoderate unfortunate treason, but it should person arrived by now.”

The committee past went to grounds of then-President Donald Trump asking a clump of radical if helium mislaid the predetermination including a White House janitor who said that helium did, successful fact, suffer the election.

Trump adjacent asked a canine who “shook his dormant broadside to side.”

“Donald was hopeless to bent connected to power,” Rep. Adam Kinzinger, played by Andrew Dismukes, said. “While existent heroes similar Nancy Pelosi and Chuck Schumer were the ones really moving this country.

Then it instantly chopped to Sherman’s Schumer and Fineman’s Pelosi talking to then-Vice President Mike Pence.

“Let maine archer you, if Trump comes present close present I’m going to punch him close successful the face,” Fineman’s Pelosi said. “I’ll spell to jail, but I’ll beryllium happy.”

Thompson’s Bennie Thompson past asked Gardner’s Cheney for immoderate last thoughts.

“The information is that Trump planned to state triumph nary substance the results,” she said. “Look astatine this video of the President a time earlier the election.”

The video shown was of James Austin Johnson arsenic Trump connected the telephone saying the “votes don’t matter.”

“What adjacent is simply a vote?” helium said.

The committee past took a ballot to subpoena Trump. They each voted yes and thought helium would really amusement up.

“Alright, I tin already spot that this is simply a implicit zero,” Thompson’s Bennie Thompson said. “I privation to convey my colleagues for throwing their summers and successful immoderate cases their careers to service connected this committee.”

He past added it was “a amusive state portion it lasted.”

After that, it led to the show’s signature phrase, “Live… from New York! It’s Saturday night!”