President Donald Trump only knows one response when he comes under political threat: Escalation. Hence his demand Friday for federal law enforcement to investigate the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein’s ties to “Bill Clinton, Larry Summers, Reid Hoffman, J.P. Morgan, Chase, and many other people and institutions.” He added that “all arrows” are “pointing to the Democrats.” This is the same political strategy that got Trump into this mess, and his Democratic tormentors must be delighted.

Congressional Democrats created a media frenzy this week by releasing emails from Epstein’s estate mentioning Trump. The latest emails contain little concrete information but enough ambiguities to keep conspiracy theorists busy. For instance, what did Epstein mean in 2011 when he wrote that Trump is “that

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