It would be interesting to list all the people who may have a copy of the Epstein files. Perhaps not all of them have the entire catalog, but enough to matter. These people would have had access to the Epstein catalog:

• Bill Barr - took possession of the material following the FBI raid on Epstein Island in 2019, for ‘safe-keeping’. Most likely gave Trump a copy and kept the originals himself, as Attorney General. Gave Epstein the sacrament of the Last Rites to Epstein, in his prison cell.

• Donald Trump - Received a copy from the AG in 2019. Went through it thoroughly and used it to keep the GOP in line.

• Ghislaine Maxwell - obviously. Selling material for blackmail purposes was their main revenue stream.

• Roy Black - Epstein’s recently deceased defense attorney. Got him a ‘sweetheart deal’ after Epstein was indicted in 2007 for human trafficking.

• Pam Bondi - current AG. Had the files on her desk a couple of months ago, but somehow ‘mislaid’ them. Probably has a personal copy, besides the one in the DoJ archive, for, well, just in case . . .

• Vladimir Putin - purchased the entire Epstein catalog in 2004. This was the real reason Trump fell out with Epstein, and not the real estate deal thing. Putin’s possession of the Epstein files (Vol.1 - pre-2004) is conjecture, but it would explain the strange behavior of the GOP for the past couple of decades.

• Others ? - unknown.

So there’s an awful lot of Epstein material out there - it will be extremely difficult to erase all of it.