New Delhi, Nov. 16 -- Comedian Bill Maher on Friday took aim at the renewed political dispute surrounding the release of convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein's files, using his HBO show to lampoon both parties and President Donald Trump's reaction to the disclosures.

Opening his monologue on "Real Time," Maher quipped, "We can get back to the important business of government reading a dead pervert's emails." He went on to express frustration at the repeated resurfacing of the scandal, saying, "We're doing this again? Again, Epstein? Have you been following the Epstein story? I feel like I've seen this movie four times. Right, where they release it, and there's always more."

His comments came as a bipartisan group of House lawmakers su...