Why the Epstein Files Were Released Right Before Christmas Adam Kinzinger

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Why the Epstein Files Were Released Right Before Christmas
Adam Kinzinger

Dec 23, 2025
The Epstein files were released right before Christmas and that timing matters. Dumping controversial information on a holiday is one of the oldest tricks in politics, designed to limit attention and control the news cycle. In this video, we break down why this happens, how it works, and what the timing of this release suggests.

[Irish_Dem]

1. Except at the holiday gatherings people are talking about the Epstein files?

[MustLoveBeagles]

2. You're right

This isn't going away.

[Irish_Dem]

4. Just heard a discussion about it at a family breakfast.

[Sneederbunk]

3. Twas the night before Christmas, and all through the house.

Not a creature was stirring except one big orange louse.

[in2herbs]

5. The timing of the release of the files was set forth in the bill which became law. The date for release of

the files was 30 days after signing into law. There was no "christmas dump".

[Ms. Toad]

7. Except that date has passed.

They dumped a small portion, largely the portion that they perceived would harm Democrats by the required date.

The juicy stuff is most definitely a Christmas dump - made after the deadline, on days when people are traveling or engaged in last minute preparing for Christmas.

[Igel]

6. Except that the Trump DOJ didn't set the deadline.

That's really on Congress, passed 11/19/25 with deadline 5 days before Xmas. It was written by Massie (at least mostly) and I don't see him being a big supporter of Trump, (R) or not.

Everybody that was pro-Trump seemed against it until they realized that on this they would lose and signing the bill would be the lesser loss.

I wonder if a motion to move the deadline to 2 weeks later, 1/2/26, would have been put up for debate/vote had it been made. (Didn't hear that one was, but that would have been a blip and I suspect most pundits and congressfolk would have objected strenuously, but wasn't really paying close attention at the time.)

[popsdenver]

8. Even more so

are the Friday evening bad "news dumps" by ALL the Republican owned/operated Media, every single week through out the year.......