Sketch also pokes fun at Attorney General Merrick Garland
The latest episode of “SNL” kicked off with a cold open sketch that largely parodied the classified documents scandal. It had some amusing jokes about how things differ between Joe Biden and Donald Trump, and how former Vice President Mike Pence is kind of pathetic.
But it ended with a surprising, almost serious moment when Kenan Thompson used the gag as a chance to basically call on the Department of Justice to take an active role in getting justice for Tyre Nichols.
The gag began with an introduction that presented Merrick Garland (played by Mikey Day) as an old timey FBI lawman out for justice wherever classified documents can be found. We presume you’re familiar with that whole thing.
Day played Garland as a weird nerd trying to act tough during a press briefing, and it was amusing so far as that goes. He also called out several FBI agents (played by SNL cast members of course) to give updates on the searches of various politician’s houses.
