HBO host Bill Maher argued that impeaching President Trump turned out to be a mistake because it “emboldened him.”
The host’s remarks came during a conversation with director and liberal activist Michael Moore, as they both argued that the president has gotten out of control since he was impeached by the House of Representatives and acquitted by the Senate.
Maher went as far as to say that “impeachment turned out to be a horrible thing,” explaining that doing so set forth the course of action that has resulted in Trump firing a multitude of inspectors general whom he claimed to no longer trust to fill the position.
Moore jumped in and brought the conversation back to the special counsel investigation into whether then-candidate Trump or any member of his campaign knowingly sought to conspire with Russia to win the 2016 presidential election.
“He bullied Mueller, he threatened him, and Mueller got scared and wouldn’t even bring him in to be interrogated, didn’t bring him before the grand jury, didn’t bring in Don Jr.” Moore argued.
Maher then acknowledged that Robert Mueller had “f—ed it up” before returning to the president’s impeachment.
“If I could do it over again, I wouldn’t, because it just emboldened him. Now, he can conduct this war on accountability and nobody even — it barely made the papers,” the host said.
