We don’t know why the Trump administration suddenly reversed itself this summer on its promises to release extensive new documents about the Jeffrey Epstein case.

What we do know is that the administration has responded to a bipartisan outcry over its handling of the matter by repeatedly doing things that might seem on paper like significant steps toward transparency, but have proven to be far less than meets the eye. Many of them point to what a judge recently suggested was the “illusion” of transparency.

The situation appears to be coming to a head. On Wednesday came an emotional press conference featuring Epstein victims pleading with Congress to agree to an effort led by Republican Rep. Thomas Massie of Kentucky, which the Trump administration opposes, to force the Justice Depa

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