Rep. Thomas Massie speaks during a news conference outside the US Capitol in Washington, DC, on Tuesday. Graeme Sloan/Bloomberg/Getty Images

What now?

The drama, emotion and shock of Congress’s sudden demand for transparency on the Jeffrey Epstein drama has ceded to uncertainty and suspicion that President Donald Trump will try to wriggle off the political hook.

The victims of Epstein , an accused sex trafficker, have tragically seen justice postponed before. They’d been quick to warn after an unprecedented Republican revolt against Trump on Tuesday that it was just one more step in their long quest for vindication. Their wisdom was obvious once the euphoria of their triumph began to clear.

Washington waited all day Wednesday to find out that Trump had signed the bill passed

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