Public polls indicate that roughly 60 percent of the American public disapprove of Trump’s handling of the situation. A paltry 16 percent approve, according to a Washington Post poll released this week.

The Trump administration’s efforts to allay concerns about its handling of the Jeffrey Epstein files by pushing for more information have been suspect, at best. The moves seem to be geared more toward creating the appearance of action than producing anything that would amount to the extensive transparency it promised.