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You may hear the phrase “Epstein files” and feel overcome by a certain strain of repetitive news fatigue.

It’s not that Jeffrey Epstein’s terrible crimes have diminished over time, or that his survivors can ever be made whole. It’s that the massive scandal has spun off in so many directions that it’s almost impossible to get your arms around the enormity of it.

Epstein’s 2019 arrest and suicide have been followed by a torrent of aftershocks: the arrest and imprisonment of his accomplice, convicted sex trafficker Ghislaine Maxwell, Capitol Hill hearings, survivor news conferences, lawsuits, books and documentaries, multimillion-dollar settlements with Epstein’s estate, resignations, shamings, a royal banishment and even an act of Congress.

More than 3 million pages of the Epstein files have been released, yet millions more remain under DOJ lock and key, subject to lawsuits, redactions and accusations of coverup.

With the midterm elections dominating the news, the Iran war far from resolved and Americans suffering from sky-high fuel prices, the Epstein mess has retreated from the public imagination. Yet, this thing is far from over. Sometimes we need a nudge to remember that.

Last week, Democrats on the House Judiciary Committee breathed new life into the scandal, releasing a 52-page report examining the relationship between President Trump and his onetime pal. Playing off the infamous 50th birthday wishes Trump sent to Epstein in 2003, the report is titled “We Have Certain Things in Common, Jeffrey.”

“A growing body of evidence demonstrates that Donald Trump was an active participant in Jeffrey Epstein’s sexual abuse of young women during the mid-to-late 1990s,” the report says. “The Department of Justice and Federal Bureau of Investigation are doing everything they can to keep the American people in the dark about it.”

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