[Drew68]

"Joe, I understand there's rock solid evidence in these Epstein files your justice department is sitting on that implicates Donald Trump in an underage sex scandal. The joy has left my campaign and I'm losing in the polls to literal Hitler. Maybe you could release them to the public?"

"No."

[thegagline]

Perhaps the files implicate both Republicans and Democrats. The release of the files would destroy the opposing party as well as your party. Mutual Assured Destruction (MAD). It is essentially a kill switch should someone other than Epstein and his handlers gains possession of the files.