Former President Donald Trump reportedly tried to enlist the Department of Justice and Federal Communications Commission in early 2019 to investigate “Saturday Night Live” and other late-night comedy shows that satirized him.
The Daily Beast reported one unidentified source involved in the discussion said that when Trump was told the DOJ doesn’t handle such matters, he allegedly asked: “Can something else be done about it?”
“I’ll look into it,” the source reportedly replied, telling the news outlet, however, that authorities never “looked into it.”
Another unnamed source told the news outlet that the president’s inquires about how he might be able to stop “SNL” and other late-night hosts weren’t taken seriously.
“It was more annoying than alarming, to be honest with you,” that source said.
Emails the House Oversight Committee released this month revealed Trump tried to pressure the Justice Department to probe his election-fraud theories as he sought to discredit President Biden’s election victory.