# 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:** 29
**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:** [January 8, 2026, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/epstein-files-trump-impeachment-conviction/1024733/561 "2026-01-08T02:25:02Z")
You’re correct. The law passed is that they must all be released. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2026, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/epstein-files-trump-impeachment-conviction/1024733/562 "2026-01-08T02:28:49Z")
> [@Atamasama](#): > > The law passed is that they must all be released. There was no such law. It was, IIRC a congressional resolution. It did depend on what the Courts ruled in some cases, such as the GJ testimony. ---
**Author:** ![Moriarty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/moriarty/32/49_2.png) [@Moriarty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moriarty)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2026, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/epstein-files-trump-impeachment-conviction/1024733/563 "2026-01-08T02:38:33Z")
> [@DrDeth](#): > > > [@Atamasama](#): > > > > The law passed is that they must all be released. > > There was no such law. It was, IIRC a congressional resolution No, ‘twas a law. Trump signed the bill. > **[Congressional Bill H.R. 4405 Signed into Law](https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefings-statements/2025/11/congressional-bill-h-r-4405-signed-into-law/)** > > On Wednesday, November 19, 2025, the President signed into law: H.R. 4405, the "Epstein Files Transparency Act," which requires the Attorney General to ---
**Author:** ![TroutMan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troutman/32/6721_2.png) [@TroutMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TroutMan)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2026, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/epstein-files-trump-impeachment-conviction/1024733/564 "2026-01-08T02:38:45Z")
> [@DrDeth](#): > > There was no such law. This is incorrect. [H.R.4405](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/4405), the Epstein Files Transparency Act, became Public Law No: 119-38 on November 19. > [@Atamasama](#): > > The law passed is that they must all be released. There are some caveats: the law specifies unclassified records, it must pertain to a list of nine related topics, and there are five grounds for withholding. See the text linked above. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2026, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/epstein-files-trump-impeachment-conviction/1024733/565 "2026-01-08T02:44:23Z")
> [@Moriarty](#): > > No, ‘twas a law. Trump signed the bill. > > [Congressional Bill H.R. 4405 Signed into Law – The White House](https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefings-statements/2025/11/congressional-bill-h-r-4405-signed-into-law/) _H.R. 4405, the “Epstein Files Transparency Act,” which requires the Attorney General to release all documents and records in possession of the Department of Justice relating to Jeffrey Epstein, and for other purposes._ Note that "in possession of the Department of Justice ", But yes, you are correct, I was wrong I thought it was just a re solution. In any case- it aint being done, and it wont be done without massive editing. > [@TroutMan](#): > > There are some caveats: the law specifies unclassified records, it must pertain to a list of nine related topics, and there are five grounds for withholding. See the text linked above. Enough loopholes so that the magical "files’ will never be released. But even if they were, dont expect anything from them that would convict trump. ---
**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:** [January 8, 2026, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/epstein-files-trump-impeachment-conviction/1024733/566 "2026-01-08T02:57:17Z")
> [@TroutMan](#): > > There are some caveats: the law specifies unclassified records, it must pertain to a list of nine related topics, and there are five grounds for withholding. That’s fair, but the exceptions, I imagine, would be pretty minimal, not a majority of the documents. ---
**Author:** ![TroutMan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troutman/32/6721_2.png) [@TroutMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TroutMan)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2026, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/epstein-files-trump-impeachment-conviction/1024733/567 "2026-01-08T03:06:27Z")
_Should_ be pretty minimal. But _would_? I think we both know the answer to that. ---
**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:** [January 8, 2026, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/epstein-files-trump-impeachment-conviction/1024733/568 "2026-01-08T04:03:43Z")
> [@TroutMan](#): > > _Should_ be pretty minimal. But _would_? Legally yes. ---
**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:** [January 8, 2026, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/epstein-files-trump-impeachment-conviction/1024733/569 "2026-01-08T15:10:50Z")
The government must file a report if it withholds anything. If that report said that 2 million files had been released and 3 million had been kept under wraps, I’d read that as suspicious. If we imagine that Epstein was working with the CIA (to postulate the case most likely to survive a national security review), you’re often trying to keep stuff under wraps in order to protect your sources and means. Epstein is dead. His bud, Jean Brunel, is dead. Maxwell is in a Federal prison. We might conceive that there are still girls (i.e. agents) who were “developed” by Epstein, or software that was developed by Epstein, or whatever it is that we’re imagining that he could have done for the Federal government that still need to be protected. In theory, you can redact around any of that to ensure that a full picture of his non-CIA life is presented, minus these elements that strictly surround these sources and methods. 3 million in reserve would be a lot. They could be dupes and blank pages. That’s fine, but there should be an explanation to confirm or deny that. ---
**Author:** ![TroutMan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troutman/32/6721_2.png) [@TroutMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TroutMan)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2026, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/epstein-files-trump-impeachment-conviction/1024733/570 "2026-01-08T16:05:10Z")
> [@Sage\_Rat](#): > > The government must file a report if it withholds anything. And that report was due January 3, but was not provided. What consequences has the government faced for not providing it? What consequences has it faced for not releasing the documents by the December 19 deadline? ---
**Author:** ![OldOlds](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/a3d4f5/32.png) [@OldOlds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OldOlds)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2026, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/epstein-files-trump-impeachment-conviction/1024733/571 "2026-01-08T17:17:38Z")
I’ve noticed we haven’t heard much on the Epstein files in the last couple of weeks. Is Trump’s flood the zone working? ---
**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:** [January 8, 2026, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/epstein-files-trump-impeachment-conviction/1024733/572 "2026-01-08T17:19:54Z")
Yes it is ---
**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:** [January 8, 2026, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/epstein-files-trump-impeachment-conviction/1024733/573 "2026-01-08T17:43:11Z")
> [@OldOlds](#): > > I’ve noticed we haven’t heard much on the Epstein files in the last couple of weeks. This is from two hours ago. > **[House committee votes to issue more subpoenas related to Jeffrey Epstein](https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/subpoenas-epstein-probe-approved-house-committee-les-wexner-executors-rcna252919)** > > The authorized subpoenas will be sent to billionaire Les Wexner and the co-executors of Epstein’s estate. And from yesterday. [Massie: Trump officials could be prosecuted over Epstein files](https://thehill.com/homenews/house/5676417-massie-trump-doj-epstein-files-prosecution/) If you haven’t heard much lately, it’s not because nothing is being reported. It’s just that other things are going on also. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2026, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/epstein-files-trump-impeachment-conviction/1024733/574 "2026-01-08T20:23:03Z")
> [@Sage\_Rat](#): > > The government must file a report if it withholds anything. But not if it is redacted, apparently. ---
**Author:** ![DWMarch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dwmarch/32/1010_2.png) [@DWMarch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DWMarch)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2026, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/epstein-files-trump-impeachment-conviction/1024733/575 "2026-01-09T00:16:56Z")
> [@OldOlds](#): > > Is Trump’s flood the zone working? It can work temporarily if the appropriate dog is wagged. But it will never go away. There will never, ever be a day where people say “wasn’t there some story in the news about Donald Trump being deeply involved with a child sex trafficker? No, couldn’t have been!” The Epstein files will follow Trump to his grave and once he is dead they will hopefully be opened up even further since he won’t be able to block them any longer and no one else will gain from protecting him. So while right now is indeed as good as it can possibly get for him, there is zero chance that this will ever get better. It can only get worse for him and eventually it will. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2026, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/epstein-files-trump-impeachment-conviction/1024733/576 "2026-01-09T01:38:56Z")
> [@DWMarch](#): > > There will never, ever be a day where people say “wasn’t there some story in the news about Donald Trump being deeply involved with a child sex trafficker? No, couldn’t have been!” T The MAGAs believe that now. Maybe that their glorious leader did a photo-op and took a free jet ride, but even that might be 'faked". ---
**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:** [January 9, 2026, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/epstein-files-trump-impeachment-conviction/1024733/577 "2026-01-09T01:43:14Z")
^ QFT. I have a MAGA cultist ‘friend’ who absolutely believes her Messiah can do no wrong. And evidence that he can, is FAKE NEWS and TDS. ---
**Author:** ![TeroSunbear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terosunbear/32/14748_2.png) [@TeroSunbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TeroSunbear)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2026, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/epstein-files-trump-impeachment-conviction/1024733/578 "2026-01-13T02:00:55Z")
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**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:** [January 13, 2026, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/epstein-files-trump-impeachment-conviction/1024733/579 "2026-01-13T02:14:22Z")
> [@TeroSunbear](#): > > Trending: Sascha Riley I think it was taken down. After clicking your link I just get booted to the main Threads page with a URL ending in, “?error=invalid\_post”. ---
**Author:** ![DWMarch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dwmarch/32/1010_2.png) [@DWMarch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DWMarch)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2026, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/epstein-files-trump-impeachment-conviction/1024733/580 "2026-01-13T02:16:50Z")
There is a substack about Riley here: > **["Don't worry. Boys are hard to find." Part 1 o2](https://lisevoldeng.substack.com/p/dont-worry-boys-are-hard-to-find?triedRedirect=true)** > > Trump/Epstein and Associated Criminal Enterprises: Victim Interviews: SR If any of this is true, it’s explosive. Edit: the source is Reddit, but here’s a list of corroboration from the Epstein files that have been released already: > **[Reddit - The heart of the internet](https://www.reddit.com/r/Epstein/comments/1qae28g/epstein_files_that_corroborate_sascha_rileys/)** [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/epstein-files-trump-impeachment-conviction/1024733.md?page=28) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/epstein-files-trump-impeachment-conviction/1024733.md?page=30)