Trump Wanted His DOJ to Stop ‘SNL’ From Teasing Him

"SNL" amounted to "nothing less than unfair news coverage and Dem commercials," Trump tweeted in 2018, pondering whether his thought "should be tested in courts, can't be legal?"

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