Bill Maher criticized the Senate on Friday for its handling of a confidential FBI investigation into allegations of sexual misconduct against Brett Kavanaugh, 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's Supreme Court nominee.

During the opening monologue on his show, "Real Time," Friday evening, Maher mocked the secretive manner by which senators were allowed to view the report.

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"The FBI issued its reports. So secretive, so sensitive the way that it had to be read? Senators, one at a time, went into a little secure room, lined up, read the report, and went out," Maher told his audience, to laughter.

"This is how you run a train on democracy," he added.

Senators were only able to view a single copy of the report in a special room of the Senate reserved for classified materials. Each party took turns viewing the FBI's report in one-hour increments.

Democrats criticized Republicans over the rules surrounding the report and the report itself. Many Democratic senators argued that the FBI's supplemental background investigation did not contact a sufficient number of corroborating witnesses who could back up allegations made by Christine Blasey Ford and Deborah Ramirez, who have accused Kavanaugh of sexual misconduct.

"We had many fears that this was a very limited process that would constrain the FBI from getting the facts. ... Those fears have been realized," Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer Chuck SchumerCruz blocks amended resolution honoring Ginsburg over language about her dying wish Senate Democrats introduce legislation to probe politicization of pandemic response Schumer interrupted during live briefing by heckler: 'Stop lying to the people' MORE (D-N.Y.) told reporters on Thursday following the report's release.

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Maher previously chastised Democrats for pursuing an inquiry into the allegations against Kavanaugh, saying in September that the issue made Democrats "look bad."

“Now they’re coming at him with this accusation from someone anonymous who said that he was at a party … but sexual assault in high school from an anonymous source, I think it makes us look bad,” he said last month.