THE KEY QUESTION ABOUT THE EPSTEIN ISSUE IS: WHAT IS THE ISSUE? Perhaps fearing that without constant reminders the public might lose interest in the Jeffrey Epstein matter, the Washington Post has conducted a text message poll of 1,089 people to ask “how closely are Americans following news about government files from the federal investigation of Jeffrey Epstein, and what do they think about President Donald Trump’s handling of the issue.”

The Washington Post made the not-particularly-earthshaking discovery that a lot of people are paying “at least some” attention to the Epstein story, that most support releasing “all files” in the case, that they “suspect” the files will contain “embarrassing information about Trump, Democrats, and billionaires,” and that Democrats disapprove of Trump’s handling of the issue.