Election year -- They release a version of Epstein's client list but it just shows a bunch of Republicans and they will throw us a bone by throwing in a few Democrat sacrificial lambs. The rest will be kept secret.

Maybe Trump is on the list, either real or added.

Either way, the effect is the same. These days all it takes is an accusation to end someone, even if they're acquitted. And if acquitted, it's always too late to make up what was lost.