The U.S. Secret Service also labeled Mulaney joking that he “does not like the Founding Fathers very much.”
John Mulaney raised his eyebrows in early December after ‘Jimmy Kimmel Live!’ that he was investigated by the US Secret Service over a joke he made during the monologue of his “Saturday Night Live” presentation in February 2020. Now, official U.S. secret service files obtained by the Associated Press are outlining the scope of the Mulaney investigation. The AP, which used the Freedom of Information Act to obtain the files, reports the bureau contacted NBC about the ‘SNL’ joke, but never directly questioned Mulaney.
Mulaney’s “SNL” joke was about the concept of leap years, as the host noted that leap years had begun under Julius Caesar. Mulaney added: ‘Another thing that happened under Julius Caesar, he was such a powerful maniac that all the senators grabbed knives, and they stabbed him to death. That would be an interesting thing if we bring it back now. ‘
According to the AP: “Two days after Mulaney’s ‘SNL’ monologue, law enforcement officials contacted Thomas McCarthy, the global chief security officer and senior vice president at NBC Universal, to discuss the agency’s desire to joke with the comedian’s lawyers. to speak. The Secret Service file contains a Breitbart report entitled “SNL: John Mulaney jokes that senators should stab Trump like Julius Caesar.” The investigation into Mulaney was opened in March and closed in December. ”
According to secret service files, Mulaney made “no direct threats against Trump,” so no violation of the comedian was found. The files do contain other jokes from Mulaney’s SNL monologue, including a bit where the comedian said he ‘did not like the Founding Fathers very much’, adding: ‘I hate it when people like’ God has never created such a large group. men as the founders. ‘Yes, the ’92 Bulls. This is a perfect metaphor for the United States. When I was a boy, the United States was like Michael Jordan in 1992. Now the United States is now like Michael Jordan. ‘
Mulaney spoke to Kimmel in December, saying: ‘The person who looked at me was very understanding that the joke had nothing to do with Donald Trump because it was an elliptical reference to him. I did not say anything about him. As for the risk assessment, no one who has ever looked at me thought I was registered above one.
“I said I’m been making jokes about him since 2007, which is why I’ve been joking with him for 13 years,” Mulaney added. “They said if it’s a joke, I’m being cleared by the Secret Service.”
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