"Real Time" host Bill Maher William (Bill) MaherBill Maher to Joy Reid: 'Very nervous' about Biden's chances after GOP convention Bill Maher revives QAnon gag: 'I am Q' Oliver Stone, Bill Maher tangle on reliability of US intelligence on Russia: 'You think they're lying?' MORE took aim at Democrats on Friday during his HBO show, blasting congressional inaction over the results of the special counsel's investigation into the president's 2016 campaign and Russia.

Maher charged that Democrats appeared "weak" by floating ideas such as impeachment and other means of holding President Trump Donald John TrumpBiden on Trump's refusal to commit to peaceful transfer of power: 'What country are we in?' Romney: 'Unthinkable and unacceptable' to not commit to peaceful transition of power Two Louisville police officers shot amid Breonna Taylor grand jury protests MORE accountable without actually taking action and listed Trump's tax returns as one area in which Democrats have so far failed to make headway.

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"What are we doing? These are things we know already. [Russian President Vladimir] Putin's bad. Republicans suck. I don't care anymore about that," Maher said Friday.

"Democrats, either do something or stop talking about it because I think you're just making yourselves look weak," he added.

Maher also suggested in his monologue that Democrats would hold Attorney General William Barr Bill BarrHarris faces pivotal moment with Supreme Court battle Hillicon Valley: DOJ proposes tech liability shield reform to Congress | Treasury sanctions individuals, groups tied to Russian malign influence activities | House Republican introduces bill to set standards for self-driving cars McCarthy threatens motion to oust Pelosi if she moves forward with impeachment MORE in contempt over his decision to not release the full, unredacted special counsel's report to Rep. Jerrold Nadler Jerrold (Jerry) Lewis NadlerDemocrats shoot down talk of expanding Supreme Court Schumer: 'Nothing is off the table' if GOP moves forward with Ginsburg replacement Top Democrats call for DOJ watchdog to probe Barr over possible 2020 election influence MORE (D-N.Y.), chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, a remark that drew applause.

"Shut up!" Maher added jokingly over the cheers. "It's not doing any good!"

His comments were echoed by CNN contributor Van Jones, who told Maher that his party had lost the trust of voters by declaring every action of Trump's to be an unacceptable breach of responsibility.

"We have had this almost 'Chicken Little' kind of dynamic on the left where it's like literally every tweet is like the end of the republic," Jones said, referencing the famous fable.

"And so now that we are actually have arrived at that place, people don't take us seriously," he added.

Maher has frequently criticized the Trump administration for its conduct since the president took office in 2017 and has argued that Democrats put too much faith in the special counsel investigation to end Trump's presidency.

"Did the Democrats put too much trust in the Mueller report?" Maher asked in April after Barr's summary of the report was released. "I don’t need the Mueller report to know he’s a traitor. I have a TV."