In Saturday's cold open, actor Robert De Niro reprised his role as special counsel Robert Mueller, who submitted his report about possible Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election to the Justice Department on March 22.
The sketch – which also featured Alec Baldwin as President Donald Trump, Aidy Bryant as Barr and Kate McKinnon as Rudy Giuliani – began with De Niro's Mueller declaring: "I am submitting these 380 pages."
The camera then cut to Bryant's Barr.
"I am writing almost four pages," she said while typing a letter.
Meanwhile, Baldwin's Trump, tweeting from his cellphone, added: "I am reading zero pages."
And now, Robert Mueller finishes his report, William Barr summarizes the report, and Donald Trump tweets his reaction to the summary. #SNL pic.twitter.com/bcJzpIwwio
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De Niro-as-Mueller said he wanted his findings to "be made public with a few redactions," Bryant's Barr interjected, "Hella redactions!"
"We're going to black out everything except for the words 'no' and 'collusion,'" the fake Trump added.
At one point, McKinnon's Giuliani appeared in the Oval Office as "Trump" celebrated.
"Rudy, can you believe it? We got off scot-free," Baldwin's Trump said.
"I know, I know," replied McKinnon-as-Giuliani. "I guess I was a legal genius the whole time, and all my mind games worked!"
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