Bill Maher ripped into Republican and Democratic leaders for wasting their time and energy on a “dead pervert’s emails” after reopening the government.
The comedian was, of course, referring to the Jeffrey Epstein emails, which were released by the House Oversight Committee earlier this week — and seemed to suggest President Donald Trump “knew about the girls” tied to the late financier’s sex trafficking ring.
Despite this headline-making tidbit, Maher called out D.C. politicians for making this the first order of business after the government was shut down for 43 days.
“We can get back to the important business of government, reading a dead pervert’s emails. We’re doing this again?” he bemoaned during Friday’s “Real Time With Bill Maher” opening monologue. “I feel like I’ve seen this movie four times … There’s just always more.”
As Maher continued, he roasted the way both Democrats and Republicans released emails with no issue this week. “Does everyone have emails?” he quipped. “When you get elected, you’re given your security badge, the key to your office and this is your box of Epstein files. Release them endlessly.”
Maher did highlight one interesting fact from the Epstein drop, sharing that Trump’s name was allegedly mentioned “1,500 times.”
“Trump doesn’t talk about Trump that much,” Maher joked. “Of course, the president denies this. Let’s be very clear about that, litigation wise. But one of the emails apparently says Trump ‘knew about the girls.’ See, this is why Hillary [Clinton] destroyed her server with a hammer.”
The U.S. has now killed 80 people in drone strikes on boats allegedly carrying drugs. There must be easier ways to win a Nobel Peace Prize. pic.twitter.com/i10HwYIZNJ
— Bill Maher (@billmaher) November 15, 2025
All jokes aside, Maher slammed the “ridiculous back and forth” over the Epstein emails. “This is what were going to spend our time on between the parties ,” he added, “to say Trump is either guilty of this or not guilty of this.”
Maher even called out Trump for engaging with the controversy, as the latter instructed the Justice Department to look into former president Bill Clinton’s ties to Epstein.
“I love this. Using the Epstein files to distract from the Epstein files,” he said. “Trump said, ‘I will not rest until I get to the middle of this.’”
Watch Maher’s full monologue above.
“Real Time With Bill Maher” airs Fridays at 10 p.m. ET on HBO.
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