The Epstein file storm that won’t blow over

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Have you ever comforted yourself — or someone else — with the old adage, “The storm will blow over”? Most storms do. Unless they don’t. Then it’s not a storm — it’s a disaster. I’ve seen that more than once in my home state of Louisiana.

In all candor, I’ve only followed the sordid story of Jeffrey Epstein and his pedophile co-conspirators peripherally — it’s long felt like tabloid trash at the grocery checkout line. But when the Trump administration reversed course this summer and blocked the release of the Epstein files, it raised legitimate questions. A poll taken just before Congress’s August break found that nearly 70% of Americans believe the administration is hiding information, while only 17% approve of how it’s handled the case. Those numbers reflect not gossip, bu