Note: This article focuses on Trump’s involvement with Epstein simply because Trump is the person in the Epstein files currently occupying the presidency. Citizens’ Impeachment believes the files should be released in full and all participants, of any party, should be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law.
Release the Epstein files. Then, impeach.
The President of the United States is not simply a breaker of laws — one, two, thirty-four times over — and a sexual predator himself: he has maintained a longstanding relationship with the most notorious child sexual predator of our time, Jeffrey Epstein. Trump’s relationship with Epstein — and his attempt to cover it up — is an automatic disqualification from the office of the President. Release the Epstein files. Then, impeach.
The news keeps coming. Photos of Epstein at Trump’s wedding. The creepiest birthday card ever written. Epstein pleading the fifth when asked by prosecutors whether he had ever spent time with Trump in the presence of underage girls. Sometimes the news is just a rehash of decades-old public knowledge, like the complaint alleging that Trump raped a thirteen-year-old girl, or Trump’s own statements that he prefers young girls and so does Epstein. All of it is damning.
The flood of horrifying news is so overwhelming that it has finally occurred to Congress to fight the corruption of this president. Senator Wyden is calling upon Trump’s Department of Justice to investigate over one billion dollars transferred into and out of just one of Epstein’s accounts in nearly 5,000 transactions. Representative Summer Lee has used her power as a member of a House Oversight subcommittee to demand the DOJ release their files on Epstein. For once, the Democrats have stopped listening to the consultants and said plainly what their voters are already thinking: yes, “it’s bad to be affiliated with a pedophile and a cover-up.”
And this time, their actions match their words.
Fight for impeachment AND transparency.
With the Epstein files, Congress is showing us what fighting the good fight looks like when you are among the most powerful people in the world. As a member of Congress, you can introduce resolution after resolution after resolution to address your legislative priority: In the week before Speaker Johnson forced the House into an early recess, representatives filed seven resolutions to force the release of the Epstein files. Representatives can subpoena not only government departments but also individuals potentially involved in wrongdoing: in pursuit of the Epstein files they have already voted to subpoena the Department of Justice and are considering putting Ghislaine Maxwell on the stand. In addition to subpoenaing evidence and witnesses, representatives can add amendments to popular bills to force their legislative priorities through. They have done all this and more in order to hold Trump accountable for his links to Epstein.
Representatives’ energy for Epstein stands in sharp contrast to their inaction on impeachment — and reveals it to be a conscious decision not to pursue their constitutional responsibility to its fullest extent. There have been only three impeachment resolutions filed since the start of Trump’s term, despite the overwhelming evidence that this president is both unfit and is violating the constitution with appalling regularity. There have been no subpoenas. There have been no special committees formed or even proposed for this purpose. Both senators and representatives avoid using the word “impeachment” as if it were a slur. Instead they have dismissed and denied impeachment as an impossibility.
Take on impeachment with the same courage, Congress.
If Congress treated impeachment like the Epstein files, we’d hear about it everywhere. The debate would not be about whether it was possible to impeach, but about which of the more than 800 anti-democratic actions to cite as grounds for impeachment. The calamitous decline in Trump’s approval rating in strongholds like Iowa (now 44%), with young people (28%), and among independents (37%) is due at least in part to Congress’s recent Epstein-focused statements and media appearances. Congress speaking as strongly, and as often, about the need for impeachment could increase the majority of Americans who support impeachment (52%).
As they themselves discuss under condition of anonymity, Congress can and should do more on impeachment. Yes, release the Epstein files. But don’t stop fighting there. Release the Epstein files and impeach Donald J. Trump. Congress has both the power to uncover the horrific abuse of children at the hands of one of the president’s closest friends, and the capacity to condemn that president for conduct unbecoming of the office. The question is whether they’ll have the courage.
Help us steel their spine: click here to join more than 5,000 citizens in demanding the release of the Epstein Files and the impeachment of Donald J. Trump on September 2, 2025, Congress’ first day back in session. We’ll provide the guidelines and the personalized templates; you provide the people power to make sure your representative knows it is time to take action on both Epstein and impeachment.