(CNN) — The opening sequence of “Saturday Night Live” featured comedian James Austin Johnson contemplating a possible prison sentence while playing an impeached former President Donald Trump.
“Well, folks, it happened. I was charged,” Johnson said, later joking about the former president’s rhetoric: “What the Radical Left Democrats are doing to me is worse than any crime I’ve ever committed, and I’ve committed many.”
In the role of Trump, Johnson joked that he would be releasing an album of 30 classic covers to raise money from his supporters, titled “Now That’s What I Call My Legal Defense Fund,” a pun on greatest hits music albums .”Now that’s what I call it”.
“Guys, your hard-earned money is important. If I go to jail, I need money for snacks from the police station,” Johnson said. “I need a supply of ramen to make a good trade with a big man named Lizard.”
He joked that the song “Justice For All,” an actual single released in March by a choir of men in prison for their involvement in the January 6, 2021 attack on the US Capitol, and the one Recording of the Former President was one of Miley Cyrus’ most downloaded and surpassed “Flowers,” “which, as we all know, is about Liam (Hemsworth).”
The segment featured a number of “cameos” by other cast members representing artists and well-known Trump supporters with duets on the fictional album, including Kenan Thompson as boxer Don King, Mikey Day as Donald Trump Jr., and Devon Walker as Afroman.
“I really don’t want to go to jail, but when I think about how broken that could be, it’s terribly tempting,” Johnson joked.
James Austin Johnson on Saturday Night Live. (Image credit: NBC)
It is the first time in US history that a president or former president has been prosecuted. The charges were filed in secrecy and the charges have not yet been made public.
Trump is expected to appear in court Tuesday afternoon on his charges, sources told CNN, and Johnson reminded viewers of the upcoming event as he closed the skit by saying, “Manhattan, see you Tuesday.” We will be wild.”