The 15 years Sen. Al Franken spent as an “Saturday Night Live” writer and performer didn’t protect him from criticism during Saturday’s edition of “Weekend Update.” “SNL” was criticized for saying nothing about Harvey Weinstein the weekend after the sexual misconduct accusations accusations against him became public. But “Weekend Update” co-anchors Colin Jost and Michael Che started Saturday’s segment with several minutes on the accusations by Kabc radio anchor Leeann Tweeden that Franken sexually harassed and groped her during a 2006 Uso tour. Watch the full video above. After noting the infamous photo in which Franken appears to be groping Tweeden’s breasts while.
- 11/19/2017
- by Ross A. Lincoln and Phil Owen
- The Wrap
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