the information warfare trick they pulled with "epstein files" is the same one they pulled with "QAnon"
They used their shills to push the meme under cover of light, and then pivoted the meme from a "fake friendly" state to an attack state
There never were any epstein files, just like there never was any QAnon!
It's an information ambush strategy, where you feed your enemy something that they want to hear and then you twist it to your advantage.