The cast of SNL skewered President Trump's closest political allies in its cold open on Saturday evening.

The comedy program depicted Vice President Pence, Attorney General Bill Barr and Trump's personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani hunkered down as they panicked about the impeachment inquiry.

Explaining Trump's absence, Pence, played by Beck Bennett, referenced recent reports that the President wanted to deter migrants by placing dangerous animals at the Southern border.

'Trump's not here, he has more important things to deal with. He's meeting with an alligator breeder about filling a moat at the border,' Pence stated.

The trio then worried about potential subpoenas, with Bill Barr (Aidy Bryant) suggesting they should no longer leave traces of evidence.

'I think we should stop texting about the crimes and maybe tell the crimes over the phone so that the crimes don't leave little crime footprints!' she quipped.

Giuliani (Kate McKinnon) then snapped: 'Maybe we should get our story straight!'

SNL used the line to subsequently roast Pence's frosty relationship with the LGBTQ community, by having his character respond: 'Even if our stories aren't straight right now, we could still convert them, right?'

The cast of SNL skewered President Trump 's closest political allies in its cold open on Saturday night. Kate McKinnon (left) played Rudy Giuliani, while Matthew Broderick (right) appeared as Mike Pompeo

Beck Bennett played a panicked Vice President Mike Pence, who stated: 'Even if our stories aren't straight right now, we could still convert them, right?'

To cheers and applause, Matthew Broderick made a special guest appearance in the cold open, walking into the room playing Secretary of State Mike Pompeo.

'Listen, I've been asking around and I think that this whole impeachment thing could be bad!' he stated.

'Says who?' asked Giuliani, before an anxious Barr responded: 'America!'

The Attorney General soon fled the room, as did Giuliani - claiming he had to make an appearance on Fox News.

'While I'm gone, you guys should get your stories straight. Tell them Hunter Biden started pizzagate or explain how this can all be traced back to - text it to me so the feds have a record. I'll be back!' Giuliani said.

Aidy Bryant played Attorney General Bill Barr, who appeared anxious about the impeachment inquiry

Pence promptly began to worry that all the members of the Trump Administration were deserting him, to which a departing Matthew Broderick replied: ''Impeachment moves pretty fast. If you don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it!'

The star - spoofing his most famous line from Ferris Bueller's Day Off - then disappeared from the room.

'Wow, it looks like I'm here all alone,' Pence petulantly stated.

Mike Pence was soon left on his own, wondering why so many members of the Trump Administration have jumped ship

However, an assistant soon arrived with a wicker basket, saying: 'Stephen Miller wanted to talk to you.'

The program roasted the controversial White House Adviser, by having his character played by a robotic snake who slithered up from under the lid.

'Do you have any way out of this impeachment?' Pence asked.

A slithering Stephen Miller replied: 'Get Nicolas Cage to steal the constitution and blame it on immigrants!'

The program roasted controversial White House Adviser Stephen Miller, by having him played by a robotic snake who slithered up out of the basket

At that moment, Giuliani burst back into the room fresh from his Fox News appearance.

'I killed on Hannity!' he stated, clad in Joker clown make-up.

The cold open subsequently ended with Giuliani and Pence (McKinnon and Bennett) looking directly into the camera, stating: 'Live from New York, it's Saturday night!'