Liberal comedian Bill Maher did not hold back Friday night. Only this time the subject of his ire wasn’t the GOP, it was President Obama and the freedom of the press.
The host of HBO’s “Real Time” sat down Friday to discuss media coverage of leaks and secret government work with documentary filmmaker Laura Poitras, one of the journalists who helped bring the Edward Snowden leaks to light. Poitras is also the filmmaker behind the Oscar nominated “Citizenfour” about Snowden.
“I don’t understand why he is perhaps the worst president we’ve had on clamping down on the press,” Maher said. “He’s used the Espionage Act more than any other president, right?”
Poitras agreed and gave examples of the nine times Obama has invoked the act to punish those who have opposed his administration.
Watch the clip below:
