Jon Lovitz returns to SNL as Alan Dershowitz in impeachment trial spoof
Saturday Night Live is back on NBC after its winter hiatus, and the cast was joined by an old friend.
Jon Lovitz returned for Saturday evening's cold open during which he portrayed President Trump's attorney Alan Dershowitz, who was preparing to argue the president's case in the Senate impeachment trial. As Lovitz's Dershowitz began his remarks, he was suddenly transported to the show's version of the underworld, where he met with the podcast-hosting devil, played by Kate McKinnon, who appears to be a huge fan of the lawyer.
While down there, Lovitz's Dershowitz was also greeted by Jeffrey Epstein, who was portrayed by the episode's host Adam Driver, and an assortment of other characters, including Flo from the Progressive commercials and Mr. Peanut. Watch the full clip below. Tim O'Donnell
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Tim is a staff writer at The Week and has contributed to Bedford and Bowery and The New York Transatlantic. He is a graduate of Occidental College and NYU's journalism school. Tim enjoys writing about baseball, Europe, and extinct megafauna. He lives in New York City.
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