Trump asked whether the DOJ and the FCC could investigate 'SNL' after it mocked him, report says
Category: News & Politics
Via: tessylo • 3 years ago • 23 commentsBy: Sinéad Baker, Business Insider
S E E D E D C O N T E N T
Trump asked whether the DOJ and the FCC could investigate 'SNL' after it mocked him, report says
Former President Donald Trump. SAUL LOEB/AFP via Getty Images
-
"Saturday Night Live" and late-night hosts like Jimmy Kimmel mocked Trump during his presidency.
-
Trump had said federal agencies should investigate the shows. A new report says he went further.
-
He asked advisors how the DOJ, the FCC, and courts could challenge the shows, The Daily Beast said .
President Donald Trump asked advisors and lawyers to look into how "Saturday Night Live" and other late-night shows could be punished after they mocked him, The Daily Beast's Asawin Suebsaeng and Adam Rawnsley reported on Tuesday .
Two sources told the outlet that Trump had asked aides in 2019 to look at what the Federal Communications Commission , US courts, and the Department of Justice could do about "SNL" and other shows, like "Jimmy Kimmel Live."
Trump tweeted in March 2019 that he wanted federal agencies to investigate "SNL."
"It's truly incredible that shows like Saturday Night Live, not funny/no talent, can spend all of their time knocking the same person (me), over & over, without so much of a mention of 'the other side,'" he said .
"Should Federal Election Commission and/or FCC look into this? There must be Collusion with the Democrats and, of course, Russia!"
The Daily Beast report is the first indication that Trump took further action on the matter.
Sources told the outlet that Trump had to be repeatedly advised that the shows are satire, meaning they're protected. They added that Trump seemed disappointed that there was no way he could legally challenge them.
This wouldn't be the first time Trump tried to use federal agencies to pursue personal vendettas while he was in office. Last week, House lawmakers released emails from December showing how the Trump White House had tried to weaponize the DOJ to overturn the 2020 election.
Read the original article on Business Insider
Tags
Who is online
439 visitors
The dumbturd trumpturd really thought they were at his disposal to dispose of his 'enemies'.
oh no! they hurt his feelings. summon the firing squad...
It's exactly what a wannabe Dick Tater would do.
It's what Lil Kim would do.
Isn't it something that Lil Kim did do?
I think you're right
Admit it. Trump was even worse than we realized!
Donald Trump Denies That He Asked Justice Department To Go After ‘Saturday Night Live’
Trump denies asking if DOJ and FEC could probe 'SNL' and says the only person who 'had what it took' to imitate him was Darrell Hammond
Trump's shit keeps blowing up in the gop's faces...
He looks mad in that photo.
Ivanka slapped his hand mad.
Sounds like sister wife Ivanka and beard Jared haven't been to Mar-A-Lardo lately.
Stephen Colbert Points Out The Most Hurtful Part Of New Trump Bombshell Report
The Daily Beast reported that Trump asked advisers what federal agencies, including the Justice Department, “could do to probe or mitigate ‘SNL,’ Jimmy Kimmel and other late-night comedy mischief-makers.”
Colbert couldn’t help but notice that he wasn’t mentioned by name. And he wasn’t happy about that.
“This is dangerous, disturbing, un-American,” Colbert said. “And why do I get lumped in with ’other comedy mischief-makers’?!?”
He added:
Only Stephen could make something like that funny
"and the rest"....rofl!
Stephen never fails to get a chuckle out of me! Or an outright guffaw!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I watched his first show back in front of a live audience and it was great! Two of my all time favorite people together again - him and Jon Stewart. LOVE THEM!
I miss him and his wife together though. What a lovely couple! I loved to hear her giggle in the background.
Jimmy Kimmel Fires Back at Trump for Trying to Sic DOJ on Him
Few people were more excited about Tuesday’s big report in The Daily Beast concerning Donald Trump’s attempts to shut down his late-night TV critics than Jimmy Kimmel.
“So, The Daily Beast reports that, in 2019, Donald Trump wanted the government to investigate—guess who, Guillermo?—me!” Kimmel said at the top of his monologue before quoting at length from the story.
As The Daily Beast’s Asawin Suebsaeng and Adam Rawnsley reported, “According to two people familiar with the matter, Trump asked advisers and lawyers in early 2019 about what the Federal Communications Commission , the court system, and—most confusingly to some Trump lieutenants—the Department of Justice could do to probe or mitigate SNL , Jimmy Kimmel, and other late-night comedy mischief-makers.”
“Little did I know, I’m up here goofing on him, he’s asking the Feds to do who the hell knows what?” the host added. “And when he was told there was no legal case to be made—that you can’t stop comedians from making fun of you when you’re president—Trump asked, ‘Can something else be done about it?’”
Trump Wanted His Justice Department to Stop ‘SNL’ From Teasing Him
As Kimmel put it, Trump wanted to turn the Justice Department into his own private “goon squad” because “he can’t take a joke.”
“He can make one,” he continued. “In fact, he’s made several: Eric, Ivanka, Don Jr. But he cannot take a joke.”
Seth Rogen Gets Conan O’Brien to Smoke Weed On-Air in Final Week
If Trump had followed through with his plan, Kimmel joked that he would have defended himself by saying, “Alec Baldwin’s the one you want. He dressed up as you!”
Finally, Kimmel responded to the statement in which Trump seemed to both deny and then confirm the reporting . “What do you think? Do you think he said it or not?” Kimmel wondered.
“Of course he did! Anyway, thanks for watching, Mr. Former President. I’ll send you a hoodie if you like. You still a triple XL?”
Seriously, Donald Trump makes Kevin Durant look like the thickest skinned person in world history. Is there anyone who can take a joke less than Donald trump?
Has anyone ever heard trumpturd laughing at anything other than something sick or twisted or malicious or perverse? Laughing at anything?
I want to see the NT trumpsters defending these actions by their hero
They're still mired in the latest recount or kids not knowing which Hallmark card to buy.
Going after comedians is some tyrannical bullshit!
The First Amendment is only for him and people who think like him