Hey Republicans, it’s time to get out the shovels and dig a very deep hole. Then bury forever the stench and false innuendo coming from the Jeffrey Epstein case.

Especially now that the dead monster’s cohort, Ghislaine Maxwell, has told the Justice Department that she never once saw President Trump “acting inappropriately in any way” and that he “was never inappropriate with anybody” despite a long association with Epstein.

Those should be the final words of the sordid saga and give the GOP the confidence to stop runnin’ scared on the subject and drop its foolish obsession with the case.

The party is wasting precious time and its House majority by chasing shadows while more pressing matters for the American people go begging for attention.

The need for an urgent course correction stems from the fact that, in recent months, it sometimes has been difficult to decide which party was more obsessed with the case of the dead pedophile and sex trafficker.

Even Rep. Jasmine Crockett, the foul-mouthed radical Texas Dem, told reporters that the case was not a priority for Democrats in the same way it has been for the GOP.

The Epstein case, she claimed, “wasn’t a promise that we made. So this was not something that was front and center.”

For once, she’s right. The GOP is driving the Epstein train, and frittering away confidence in its ability to govern.

In truth, there is some overlap with the Dems, as both parties have charged at various times there exists a hidden trove of documents that will shame and incriminate various members of the other party.

For Dems, Trump is their fantasy target. Bereft of vital everyday issues against him that resonate with voters, some lefties,........

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