There are certain guarantees in life. Death, the rising sun and Ben Stiller returning to play Michael Cohen in this week’s cold open of “Saturday Night Live” are among them.

The newest “S.N.L.” spoofed Wednesday’s widely watched congressional hearing in which President Trump’s former personal attorney testified under oath before the House Oversight and Reform Committee that Trump was a “racist” and a “con-man,” and detailed what he said was a pattern of criminal behavior. Cohen has already pleaded guilty to lying to Congress under oath, something Stiller himself poked fun at in character.

“Of course the first time I testified was under oath, but this time I, like really mean it,” Stiller said.

The sketch began with Kenan Thompson playing the role of Representative Elijah E. Cummings of Maryland, the committee chairman, who quipped, “For any other president, this hearing would be the most damning and humiliating moment of their lives, but for Trump, it’s just Wednesday,” before handing the floor to Cohen.