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'SNL's' Trump Begs Voters Not To 'Drop Dead' Until After Elections In Cold Open

James Austin Johnson had plenty of Trump drama to draw from during "SNL's" first sketch of the year.

James Austin Johnson played a fiery version of the former president during the episode’s cold open, which began at a press conference outside the U.S. District Court in Lower Manhattan. After Fineman’s Habba tried to settle down the crowd, Johnson’s Trump sauntered in and promised to abide by the “horrible gag order” imposed on him by U.S. District Judge Lewis Kaplan during his second defamation case from writer E. Jean Carroll. Our News, Politics and Culture teams invest time and care working on hard-hitting investigations and researched analyses, along with quick but robust daily takes.

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