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.
Yawn...
"Breaking news! Rich, powerful men had sex with teenage strumpets!"
No more earth shattering a revelation today than learning that every rock star I listened to back in the 70s-80s was doing the same thing.
Think the world's going to come to an end if we find out that Bill Clinton was banging teenage hookers?
"She told me she was 18, bro. Y'all knew I was a horndog!"
And that's the end of that.
The real truth is that there aren't any Epstein files and that's a tougher pill to swallow.