Michael Goodwin: This latest batch of Jeffrey Epstein photos proves its time to end the bipartisan obsession

Another day, another drum roll to signal another release of Jeffrey Epstein photos.This time it was the Democrats orchestrating the circus, complete with the promise they had the goods to persuade the whole world that President Trump really, really, really is guilty of something truly awful that had been kept secret.But the release of 92 photos, out of 95,000 said to be on Epstein’s email account, turned out to be such a dud that even The New York Times had to stifle a yawn.

Now, nobody hates Trump more than the Gray Lady, so the paper’s ho-hum reaction amounts to a spanking of the Dems for overpromising and underdelivering.“House Democrats released new images from the estate of the sex offender Jeffrey Epstein that highlight his ties to celebrities, financiers and other powerful men, including President Trump and former President Bill Clinton,” the paper said in its report.It then threw a bucket of cold water on even that perfunctory tease by saying, “the photos offer little new detail to illuminate Epstein’s well-documented relationship with prominent men in politics, business, media and academia.”The phrases “little new detail” and “well-documented” are polite ways of saying we already knew this, so move along.Reporter Michael Gold felt the need to further lower expectations by adding that “It was not clear whether Mr.Epstein, who is not in all of the images, took some of the photos or how they ended up in his possession.”He also wrote that “Democrats provided no context for the images they released, including any email messages that might have accompanied them.”Similarly, the BBC, a committed “Hate Trumper,” noted that the president appears in just three of the photos released Friday, and quickly added: “There is no suggestion that these pictures imply anyone who appears has done anything wrong, and Trump has repeatedly denied any wrongdoing related to knowing Epstein.”A second problem for the Dems’ attempt to sell the T...