# Epstein Files =\> Trump Impeachment & Conviction? **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Tags:** trump\ **Created:** [November 10, 2025, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/epstein-files-trump-impeachment-conviction/1024733 "2025-11-10T17:42:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 18
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2025, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/epstein-files-trump-impeachment-conviction/1024733/341 "2025-11-18T17:42:25Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > Broaden your vision. I’m talkin’ about trump’s oligarch pals and major donors. That’s a good point. There may be things going on behind the scenes that we just don’t see which are causing him to freak out over what’s in those files. ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2025, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/epstein-files-trump-impeachment-conviction/1024733/342 "2025-11-18T17:50:30Z")
So when is this vote happening in the House? I swear these clowns can’t do anything at a normal pace. ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2025, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/epstein-files-trump-impeachment-conviction/1024733/343 "2025-11-18T17:52:25Z")
I’m fully expecting the released files to have been obviously doctored, like they just did search and replace and so there are emails that now talk about Epstein visiting Joe Biden at Biden Tower in New York or meeting with Obama at one of his 17 golf courses. ---
**Author:** ![RitterSport](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rittersport/32/6326_2.png) [@RitterSport](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RitterSport)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2025, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/epstein-files-trump-impeachment-conviction/1024733/344 "2025-11-18T17:55:56Z")
Let’s say the House and Senate vote to release the files, magically with a veto-proof majority. President vetoes, and it gets overridden (yes, I know this is all impossible). Then, the president just directs the DOJ not to release the files. Now what? (This is known as the what-if-we-didn’t method of running a country) ---
**Author:** ![Saint\_Cad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saint_cad/32/18907_2.png) [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2025, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/epstein-files-trump-impeachment-conviction/1024733/345 "2025-11-18T17:56:52Z")
> [@Happy\_Lendervedder](#): > > So when is this vote happening in the House? I swear these clowns can’t do anything at a normal pace. Once the Discharge petition has enough signatures, it must “ripen” for 7 legislative days. Then it is moved to be brought to the floor, then the Speaker has two legislative days to schedule it for a vote. After that, the vote can be delayed by members via subsidiary motions. > [@RitterSport](#): > > Then, the president just directs the DOJ not to release the files. Now what? Theoretically? Impeachment or a lawsuit by someone with standing. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2025, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/epstein-files-trump-impeachment-conviction/1024733/346 "2025-11-18T17:59:53Z")
> [@Happy\_Lendervedder](#): > > So when is this vote happening in the House? [According to Al Jazeera, between 14:00 and 20:00 EST today.](https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2025/11/18/live-us-house-to-vote-on-epstein-files-release-as-trump-drops-opposition) ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2025, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/epstein-files-trump-impeachment-conviction/1024733/347 "2025-11-18T18:05:36Z")
They’re worse at scheduling a time than the cable company. ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2025, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/epstein-files-trump-impeachment-conviction/1024733/348 "2025-11-18T18:06:30Z")
> [@RitterSport](#): > > This is known as the what-if-we-didn’t method of running a country I used to date a guy who was fond of saying, “Let’s don’t and say we did.” * * * * * * > [@Saint\_Cad](#): > > Once the Discharge petition has enough signatures, it must “ripen” for 7 legislative days. Until it starts to smell? ---
**Author:** ![Saint\_Cad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saint_cad/32/18907_2.png) [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2025, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/epstein-files-trump-impeachment-conviction/1024733/349 "2025-11-18T18:06:54Z")
As pointed out above, they need to allow for subsidiary motions. I suspect the first one will be to Lay on the Table. ---
**Author:** ![JKellyMap](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jkellymap/32/15880_2.png) [@JKellyMap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKellyMap)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2025, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/epstein-files-trump-impeachment-conviction/1024733/350 "2025-11-18T18:49:06Z")
> [@Saint\_Cad](#): > > Lay on the Table. Perhaps you’d care to rephrase that? 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Saint\_Cad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saint_cad/32/18907_2.png) [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2025, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/epstein-files-trump-impeachment-conviction/1024733/351 "2025-11-18T19:55:39Z")
427 vote to release the files. 1 vote (Clay Higgins [R-LA]) against it. > [@JKellyMap](#): > > Perhaps you’d care to rephrase that? 🙂 Lay Upon the Table. ---
**Author:** ![Sage\_Rat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sage_rat/32/399_2.png) [@Sage\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sage_Rat)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2025, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/epstein-files-trump-impeachment-conviction/1024733/352 "2025-11-18T20:00:04Z")
Most people think that Trump knew about the sexual abuse by Epstein: [https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5611254-voters-trump-awareness-epstein-abuse-survey/](https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5611254-voters-trump-awareness-epstein-abuse-survey/) ---
**Author:** ![JKellyMap](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jkellymap/32/15880_2.png) [@JKellyMap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKellyMap)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2025, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/epstein-files-trump-impeachment-conviction/1024733/353 "2025-11-18T20:01:22Z")
> [@Saint\_Cad](#): > > Lay Upon the Table. Still too evocative of a massage-with-benefits, but I’ll accept it. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Saint\_Cad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saint_cad/32/18907_2.png) [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2025, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/epstein-files-trump-impeachment-conviction/1024733/354 "2025-11-18T20:02:14Z")
Can you imagine if the files confirm that Pizzagate was true and run by Epstein? ---
**Author:** ![RitterSport](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rittersport/32/6326_2.png) [@RitterSport](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RitterSport)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2025, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/epstein-files-trump-impeachment-conviction/1024733/355 "2025-11-18T20:21:06Z")
Man, some people are slow on the uptake if they’re finally coming around to that. It seems clear that it was an open secret among the rich and powerful, the way that everyone in Hollywood knew about Weinstein. ---
**Author:** ![JRDelirious](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jrdelirious/32/9531_2.png) [@JRDelirious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JRDelirious)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2025, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/epstein-files-trump-impeachment-conviction/1024733/356 "2025-11-18T20:26:58Z")
> [@Saint\_Cad](#): > > 427 vote to release the files. 1 vote (Clay Higgins [R-LA]) against it. Why does this give me the nagging feeling a lot of those people found their “courage” because they know it won’t mean anything? ---
**Author:** ![Sage\_Rat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sage_rat/32/399_2.png) [@Sage\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sage_Rat)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2025, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/epstein-files-trump-impeachment-conviction/1024733/357 "2025-11-18T20:29:52Z")
Trump was a Hollywood local for many years. Mnuchin and a variety of others (Elliott Broidy, Tom Barrack, etc.) in his orbit come from his Hollywood cohort. Trump’s whole connection to Hollywood and all that “Liberal Debauchery” is often overlooked, for no obvious reason. ---
**Author:** ![Win\_Place\_Show](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/win_place_show/32/13469_2.png) [@Win\_Place\_Show](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Win_Place_Show)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2025, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/epstein-files-trump-impeachment-conviction/1024733/358 "2025-11-18T20:39:52Z")
This was good for a laugh. Now the spin in the rightwing bullshitosphere is that President Pedophile is playing 4D Chess and issued a reverse-UNO card by pushing for the release of the Files (I’d seen this theme across Facebook today, and had no idea where it originated from, but now I know). These people have literally no shame. > **[MAGA TV on Trump’s Epstein cave: Masterful job, sir!](https://www.mediamatters.org/fox-news/maga-tv-trumps-epstein-cave-masterful-job-sir)** ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2025, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/epstein-files-trump-impeachment-conviction/1024733/359 "2025-11-18T20:58:37Z")
> [@Mangetout](#): > > I’m fully expecting the released files to have been obviously doctored, like they just did search and replace and so there are emails that now talk about Epstein visiting Joe Biden at Biden Tower in New York or meeting with Obama at one of his 17 golf courses. Not that far, but the worst stuff about trump will be gone. > [@Win\_Place\_Show](#): > > This was good for a laugh. Now the spin in the rightwing bullshitosphere is that President Pedophile is playing 4D Chess Maybe checkers….🤣 ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2025, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/epstein-files-trump-impeachment-conviction/1024733/360 "2025-11-18T21:05:02Z")
> [@DrDeth](#): > > > [@Win\_Place\_Show](#): > > > > Now the spin in the rightwing bullshitosphere is that President Pedophile is playing 4D Chess > > Maybe checkers….🤣 Did you ever see his snooker table? [![](https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQ0o-NO9Cc15pxb2_Htat3EeR83EskUWWRLrQ&s) ](https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQ0o-NO9Cc15pxb2_Htat3EeR83EskUWWRLrQ&s) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/epstein-files-trump-impeachment-conviction/1024733.md?page=17) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/epstein-files-trump-impeachment-conviction/1024733.md?page=19)