# 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:** 48
**Author:** ![Johanna](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johanna/32/8318_2.png) [@Johanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johanna)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2026, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/epstein-files-trump-impeachment-conviction/1024733/942 "2026-02-26T22:02:29Z")
There’s a lot of Norway going on there. The crown princess is implicated along with other highly placed Norwegians. ---
**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:** [February 26, 2026, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/epstein-files-trump-impeachment-conviction/1024733/943 "2026-02-26T22:08:11Z")
> [@Johanna](#): > > There’s a lot of Norway going on there. I’d also note that female representation in Scandinavian countries tends to be higher. Norway is at 44%, for example: > **[World Bank Open Data](https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SG.GEN.PARL.ZS?locations=NO)** > > Free and open access to global development data The US is listed as 29%. ---
**Author:** ![Johanna](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johanna/32/8318_2.png) [@Johanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johanna)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2026, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/epstein-files-trump-impeachment-conviction/1024733/944 "2026-02-26T22:14:21Z")
Is there a Pit thread for Epsteinian creeps? ---
**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:** [February 26, 2026, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/epstein-files-trump-impeachment-conviction/1024733/945 "2026-02-26T22:17:41Z")
Not yet, though there is a brand new (active) one for a specific Epstein acquaintance, and it’s probably fair game for others in the files who are now suffering some sort of reputational and/or legal harm. > [@Awww, Larry Summers is caught up in the Epstein scandal? TOO FUCKING BAD](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/awww-larry-summers-is-caught-up-in-the-epstein-scandal-too-fucking-bad/1027989): > > I’m gonna go full-on Pit here, so don’t expect a lot of reasoned commentary or articulate reasoning. This is me unleashing vituperation I have felt for years. Here’s what I’d say to Larry Summers’s face if I could: Larry Summers, you are an unmitigated asshole. The fact that your generic political views over the last few decades have been more or less tolerant/leftish/Democrat-friendly leaves me unmoved. The details matter, and the details reveal how rotten you are. Fuck you and your stunted v… ---
**Author:** ![Love\_Rhombus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/love_rhombus/32/10694_2.png) [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2026, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/epstein-files-trump-impeachment-conviction/1024733/946 "2026-02-26T23:25:15Z")
> [@iiandyiiii](#): > > This absolutely needs to be a story Democrats hammer again and again until the truth comes out By the midterms the shock will be over. Will the Epstein files being hammered lower people’s grocery bills or stop ICE? If people were rational the Files would be useful. ---
**Author:** ![Stratocaster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stratocaster/32/16393_2.png) [@Stratocaster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stratocaster)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2026, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/epstein-files-trump-impeachment-conviction/1024733/947 "2026-02-27T00:28:50Z")
> [@iiandyiiii](#): > > Every time a Democrat goes on TV they need to bring this up. “This President tried to force a 13 year old girl sexually, and then punched her when she resisted.” Democrats need to try to imagine what Republicans would do for such an allegation against Obama and do that. As nasty as this stuff is, it works politically. Trump is a rapist, a child-sexual assaulter, and a child-puncher. And this DoJ, and this Republican Congress, are trying to cover it up. I could not agree more. They need to be relentless. The only wrinkle I’d add is, “Just as we thought, there’s a cabal of sexual predators who preyed on children. Now we know Trump was part of it!” IOW, play to the firmly held MAGA belief in the cabal of evil, don’t only harp on Trump. Part of the reason this story won’t die is how foundational the conspiracy aspect is to his base. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2026, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/epstein-files-trump-impeachment-conviction/1024733/948 "2026-02-27T01:25:19Z")
> [@iiandyiiii](#): > > Every time a Democrat goes on TV they need to bring this up. “This President tried to force a 13 year old girl sexually, and then punched her when she resisted.” That is not quite true- "trump ALLEGEDLY tried to force a 13 year old girl sexually, and then punched her when she resisted.” Allegations are not proof, sometimes not even evidence. Now in the light of other evidence, this seems more likely, sure. > [@bobot](#): > > Whatever is in there, Republicans _are_ covering it up, not merely trying to. As i predicted. ---
**Author:** ![iiandyiiii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iiandyiiii/32/7924_2.png) [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2026, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/epstein-files-trump-impeachment-conviction/1024733/949 "2026-02-27T01:34:02Z")
Political rhetoric isn’t a court of law. This is a knife fight for the republic. For democracy itself. Call him a fucking child rapist and don’t apologize for it. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2026, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/epstein-files-trump-impeachment-conviction/1024733/950 "2026-02-27T01:35:36Z")
> [@iiandyiiii](#): > > . Call him a fucking child rapist and don’t apologize for it. trump has many cheap lawyers who would tie them up in the courts endlessly. ---
**Author:** ![DesertDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/desertdog/32/11503_2.png) [@DesertDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DesertDog)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2026, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/epstein-files-trump-impeachment-conviction/1024733/951 "2026-02-27T01:35:39Z")
> [@kenobi\_65](#): > > He’s also a short-timer, and this is his last year in office. I kind of feel that he’s just trying to not rock the boat. Or what, he’ll lose his pension? Folks like these should be rocking the boat most of all. ---
**Author:** ![Procrustus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/procrustus/32/2994_2.png) [@Procrustus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Procrustus)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2026, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/epstein-files-trump-impeachment-conviction/1024733/952 "2026-02-27T01:37:00Z")
> [@DrDeth](#): > > > [@iiandyiiii](#): > > > > Call him a fucking child rapist and don’t apologize for it. > > trump has many cheap lawyers who would tie them up in the courts endlessly. If he sues, he would have to answer discovery and sit for a deposition. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2026, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/epstein-files-trump-impeachment-conviction/1024733/953 "2026-02-27T01:42:13Z")
> [@Procrustus](#): > > If he sues, he would have to answer discovery and sit for a deposition. So you think. Just filing those lawsuits is a tool in of itself. trump has filed at least 1600 lawsuits- involved in nearly 6000. How many times has he sat in discovery? Many suits never get that far. ---
**Author:** ![iiandyiiii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iiandyiiii/32/7924_2.png) [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2026, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/epstein-files-trump-impeachment-conviction/1024733/954 "2026-02-27T01:43:31Z")
Who cares? I don’t buy it - he’d fear discovery. But even if he did sue, so what? What’s to be afraid of? That kind of fear is just pathetic, IMO. This is not the politics of the late 20th century. It’s a knife fight. No rules, no mercy. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2026, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/epstein-files-trump-impeachment-conviction/1024733/955 "2026-02-27T01:46:39Z")
> [@iiandyiiii](#): > > Who cares? I don’t buy it - he’d fear discovery. But even if he did sue, so what? What’s to be afraid of? You can actually be arrested for not using “allegation” or similar. it is a crime in some states- do you think trump wouldnt make sure that is done? “I learned long ago, never _wrestle with a pig_. You get dirty, and besides, the pig likes it.” ---
**Author:** ![iiandyiiii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iiandyiiii/32/7924_2.png) [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2026, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/epstein-files-trump-impeachment-conviction/1024733/956 "2026-02-27T01:48:22Z")
I don’t believe this - certainly not without a cite. And that pig quote has been proven false again and again. The old way is the way to lose. It’s a different world, and the rules are out the window. ---
**Author:** ![DesertDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/desertdog/32/11503_2.png) [@DesertDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DesertDog)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2026, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/epstein-files-trump-impeachment-conviction/1024733/957 "2026-02-27T01:48:23Z")
> [@DrDeth](#): > > That is not quite true- "trump ALLEGEDLY tried to force a 13 year old girl sexually, and then punched her when she resisted.” Allegations are not proof, sometimes not even evidence. Like – I dunno – illegal immigrants catching and eating people’s pets? The 2020 election was stolen? Venezuelans in motorboats are smuggling tons of drugs into the US? Allegations without evidence are the MAGAts meat and potatoes. Honestly, I would not be surprised that if the entire files were made public, a number of Democrat upper echelon names will show up. Prosecute them too. ---
**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:** [February 27, 2026, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/epstein-files-trump-impeachment-conviction/1024733/958 "2026-02-27T02:06:15Z")
> [@iiandyiiii](#): > > I don’t believe this - certainly not without a cite. It does happen, but it’s rare. I’m going to spoiler all this because I know it’s not totally relevant to this particular topic. > **Summary** > > Nearly half the states in the US have criminal statutes for defamation. For a list, see here: > > [United States defamation law - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_defamation_law#Criminal_defamation) > > But it is exceedingly rare for anyone to be prosecuted for it. A little more information here: > > [https://firstamendment.mtsu.edu/article/criminal-libel/](https://firstamendment.mtsu.edu/article/criminal-libel/) > > Robert Frese was charged twice for defamation in New Hampshire, which happened as recently as 2018. > > [Frese vs. State of New Hampshire - ACLU of New Hampshire](https://www.aclu-nh.org/cases/frese-vs-state-new-hampshire/) > > It was appealed by the ACLU to the Supreme Court, who chose not to take the case. > > [Frese v. Formella - SCOTUSblog](https://www.scotusblog.com/cases/case-files/frese-v-formella/) Basically, while it’s possible, it’s so rare it’s probably not even worth consideration. ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2026, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/epstein-files-trump-impeachment-conviction/1024733/959 "2026-02-27T02:47:22Z")
> The Justice Department admitted Thursday that it [yanked a file](https://www.thedailybeast.com/howard-lutnick-photographed-with-jeffrey-epstein-in-bombshell-deleted-file/) from the tranche of Jeffrey Epstein’s emails that contains a photo of Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick alongside the convicted sex offender on the late financier’s notorious Caribbean island. The truth finds its way out eventually. > **[Trump DOJ admits pulling photo of embattled Cabinet member with Epstein](https://www.rawstory.com/howard-lutnick-2675343655/)** > > The Justice Department admitted Thursday that it yanked a file from the tranche of Jeffrey Epstein's emails that contains a photo of Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick alongside the convicted sex offender on the late financier's notorious Caribbean... ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2026, 1:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/epstein-files-trump-impeachment-conviction/1024733/960 "2026-02-27T13:41:17Z")
> [@DrDeth](#): > > “I learned long ago, never _wrestle with a pig_. You get dirty, and besides, the pig likes it.” Which is why no human has ever killed a pig. ---
**Author:** ![Love\_Rhombus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/love_rhombus/32/10694_2.png) [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2026, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/epstein-files-trump-impeachment-conviction/1024733/961 "2026-02-27T16:54:25Z")
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