Epstein scandal can bring three ways to Trump

If Washington’s Republican leader hopes that a month-long congressional recession will help Jeffrey Epstein’s controversy disappear, at least for the time being, this week’s fanaticism has squandered those hopes.

Last Friday, the Justice Department released more than 33,000 pages of documents related to Epstein’s investigation into child sex trafficking. By Monday, there was a consensus that most of the information was publicly available or had little interest.

Earlier this week, Thomas Massie, a Republican in Kentucky and Ro Khanna, a Democrat in California, resumed their efforts to collect support for a “release petition” in the House that will vote on the Epstein case that openly releases all administration.

A group of Epstein victims and their families held a press conference on Wednesday to support the Capitol steps in support of the discharge petition and to make full disclosure in the Epstein case.

To sum up, it is this zeal of attention that has caused the story to fall into a greater public consciousness. But will it stay there? Here is what happens next.

The victim’s press conference could mark a dramatic turnaround in the legend of Epstein.

In the conversation in Washington, people lack conversations focused on the list of clients and the rich and powerful possible participation, which are the faces of those who have been damaged or destroyed by Epstein’s crimes.

The gathering at the Capitol on Wednesday puts the forwards and centers of these victims on an additional promise that they will not be silent.

Donald Trump has tried for months to review criticism of the administration’s handling of the Epstein case because his political enemy committed a “scam.”

In the past, this strategy has worked in the past, and in this case it has become increasingly difficult.

And if Massie and Khanna succeed in forcing the House to vote to publicly release all the remaining Epstein archives – and there is new, politically harmful information in it, involving Trump or other high-profile politicians – the dam could break.

The White House denied a Wall Street Journal report, whose attorney general told Trump in May that his name appeared in files related to the investigation into Epstein, who died in jail, awaiting trial.

He was a friend of Epstein in the 1990s and early 2000s, but being named was not evidence of any criminal activity. Investigators never accuse Trump of being associated with Epstein’s affairs.

Even without Epstein’s wealthy and powerful “customer list” surfaced, victims may exist. They promised to collect the names of people they said they had close ties to Epstein and to associate with his misconduct.

“I’m not afraid of naming,” said Majorie Taylor Green, one of Georgia’s Republicans, who is usually Trump’s loyalist. “So if they wanted to give me a list, I’m going to go in that Capitol on the floor of the House and I’d say every damn name that abused these women.”

As summer turns into autumn, these ingredients can capture the flames in the Epstein story.

Perhaps there is nothing new about Epstein that can be incorporated into the public sphere. Or maybe Congress has insufficient efforts to force public disclosure. Even if victims and their families become increasingly obvious, new revelations or information are the reasons why the news cycle and essentially drives public opinion.

In this case, Epstein’s story doesn’t completely disappear, but it will never be a crisis that causes lasting political damage to the Trump administration. It’s a distraction, not a distraction.

As Republicans prepare for next year’s mid-congressional elections, those elections are posing a heated controversy, even a moderate drag on public recognition – a transfer that prevents them from focusing on more beneficial campaign messages – could have significant voting box consequences.

As Trump pointed out on Tuesday, it is difficult to squeeze conspiracy theories. He is similar to the 1963 John F Kennedy assassination and his recent order to issue more government documents.

“You know it reminds me of Kennedy’s situation,” he said. “We gave them everything over and over, more and more people, no one was satisfied.”

Trump will be more familiar with the plot surrounding the birthplace of former President Barack Obama. The White House issued short- and long-term certificates indicating that Obama was born on American land, but skeptics, especially Trump himself, were never satisfied.

As they say, Turnabout is fair drama.

If Trump has 10 years of undeniable power in the national political focus, it is to surpass every scandal and controversial ability. While Epstein’s story has a toxic fusion of power, abuse, gender and influence, there is no indication that this will be different.

“He did it before, and he will do it again.” is a spell that the White House might want to repeat when looking for the best scenes. Without new revelations, the public will eventually get tired of the story—or will be buried by new scandals, conflicts or media madness.

If so, the Epstein legend will return to the corners of the internet and politics edge, joining Kennedy assassination, the American Moon Landing and Obama’s birth certificate, which is an obsessive focus.

It may not be justice – it may be too late – but it is not a strange ending in modern American politics.