Bill Maher’s Critics Wonder Why He Wants the Epstein Files to Go Away

Isn’t it funny that a 69-year-old friend of President Donald Trump who has a reputation for dating much younger women wants us all to stop talking about Jeffrey Epstein? Or is it suspicious?

These are the questions that the comedy world has asked since smarmy centrist ignoramus Bill Maher used his HBO show Real Time to denounce the efforts of some political leaders to declassify the FBI files on Epstein. The deceased billionaire human trafficker listed many powerful and famous individuals among his acquaintences, including Trump and former President Bill Clinton, whose own relationship is now the subject of much scrutiny and speculation due to the most recent round of leaked Epstein emails.

While other late-night hosts have hammered Trump’s attempts to obfuscate the contents of the Epstein files and block them from release, Maher has been less bullish on his dinner buddy's Epstein scandal, demanding that everyone stop arguing over a “dead pervert’s emails” and drop the subject.

Unfortunately for Maher, all his anti-Epstein-files talk has given certain Twitter posters the impression that he, like the President, might possibly have something to hide:

When talking about the end of the federal government shutdown in the opening monologue of last Friday's Real Time, Maher said to his audience, “We can get back to the important business of government, reading a dead pervert’s emails. We’re doing this again?” Maher then added of the Epstein files that are still at the center of America's political divide, “I feel like I’ve seen this movie four times … There’s just always more.”

“Does everyone have emails?” Maher continued. “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 went on to criticize the “ridiculous back and forth” over the Epstein emails, characteristically blaming both parties for turning the Epstein files – and the possible implications against President Trump – into a national issue. “This is what were going to spend our time on between the parties,” Maher complained, “to say Trump is either guilty of this or not guilty of this.”

It is of the utmost importance to note that, while Maher's attempts to portray the Epstein issue as inconsequential and not worth our time may be both puzzling and concerning, Maher, himself, has not been named once in the files, and there is no evidence that he had any connection to the late pedophile kingpin beyond a mutual friend or two.

Still, when Maher uses his platform to downplay the importance of bringing justice to the rich and powerful sexual predators of our society, he is opening himself up to all sorts of vindictive ridicule, including unfounded accusations from Twitter users who are always on the lookout for an excuse to mock the Club Random host. 

The fact that Maher doesn't think that the relationship between the President and the most notorious pedophile ring leader in recent history deserves examination is astounding, but it's sadly not surprising – this is the guy who had Woody Allen on his podcast two months ago and somehow came out looking like the bigger creep.