April Fools'

"I find the fabrication of allegations of such international crimes extremely irresponsible regardless of the light of 'April Fools', and my lawyer is seeking legal recourse against the media parties responsible for generating this misinformation."

Maybe it was all a big and unwieldly April Fools' joke, one without a punchline?

"Saturday Night Live" wasted no time in riffing on Trump's indictment, tackling the subject in the show's April Fools' Day cold open.

But she made it clear she wasn't impressed - saying her 11-year-old daughter "swung low" for April Fools' Day.

As most of the rest of the nation understands, April Fools' Day is about pranks, hoaxes and practical jokes.