While Epstein was under investigation he hid out in Israel, moving large sums of money back and from the US to Israel. His plan was to just, not come back to the US if there was a deal on the table he didn't like.

Israel is a safe haven to thousands of pedophiles seeking protection from prosecution. They 100% knew what was going on.

I'd bet my whole nut on Mossad having access to a copy or the original files themselves, and they need that list still to pull the levers they want. So that's why everyone since Trump 1 has been so terrified to touch it.

But Trump can't even release doctored copies because then if Israel ever needs to use them, there would be discrepancies. Basically poisoning the entire thing as a bargaining chip.