Is it useful to have something that "compromises" you, but can be proven to be a fake later?
So when the truth about youwill eventually come out, the press can always report, yeah, you know, when people first said this and that, it was a big nothingburger, because it was proven to be nothing more than a fake (implying that the truth is probably nothing more than another fake).
Like with videos…no evidence…because the can be faked, says the media (BEFORE any video becomes public).