redpillproject/substack.com - Josh Reid
Taken from Josh Reid's substack dated 7/15/25
There’s a reason Trump hasn’t dumped the entire Epstein archive onto the public. It’s not because he’s protecting criminals. It’s because, in this kind of asymmetrical war, secrets are worth more than prosecutions.
Once you expose everything, the leverage evaporates. Once the kompromat becomes public, it loses its utility.
Ten reasons the Epstein files remain sealed:
Leverage
The files are a Trump card—pun intended. Once released, their value as a negotiation weapon vanishes.
Collateral Damage
Not everyone in Epstein’s orbit was a criminal. A mass dump would destroy innocent lives.
Victims, Not Just Perpetrators
Some people were coerced and threatened into compromise. Public exposure would retraumatize them.
Institutional Stability
Too many power brokers still occupy positions of influence. A full release could ignite chaos that outpaces any plan to rebuild.
Ongoing Investigations
Much of the evidence is tied to sealed indictments and active criminal probes. Dumping it preemptively would sabotage prosecutions.
National Security
Epstein was entangled with foreign intelligence. Mass disclosure risks revealing tradecraft, operations, and assets.
Civil Unrest
Names on those lists could spark riots, vigilantism, and social fracture on a scale we haven’t seen in modern America.
Legal Liability
Unproven claims would trigger a tsunami of lawsuits.
Negotiation Leverage
Those files have been used—quietly—to bend nations, corporations, and institutions to Trump’s agenda.
Interconnected Corruption
Releasing the evidence risks collapsing multiple systems at once without a replacement in place.
People still don’t grasp the scale of what Epstein really was.
@HunDriverWidow From what I've seen in life, people don't grasp much.
@DianaSez @HunDriverWidow i grasp boobies every chance I get.
@Phil @HunDriverWidow
Well, yeah, I guess there are some things many people grasp.
@HunDriverWidow
I tried telling people that in less shocking words, but none of the screaming/so-called MAGA seemed to care. I finally had to reduce my SM time so as not to call people fools. My verbal self-control has waned more and more the older I have gotten.
@DianaSez @HunDriverWidow
A common flaw of the MAGA movement is it's willingness to let the perfect be the enemy of the good. I think this comes from years and years of frustration. The fact that people have been observing a "rules for thee but not for me" justice system for so long makes this a raw issue. Especially with the blatent inconsistencies presented.
@Phil @HunDriverWidow I understand how the screamers feel. I just wish they'd think things through a lot better, rather than thinking in memes.
@DianaSez @HunDriverWidow
I think in disertations but I talk in memes.
@Phil @HunDriverWidow
I get that, since memes are often all many can understand. But keep thinking in dissertations.
"Not everyone in Epstein’s orbit was a criminal. A mass dump would destroy innocent lives."
yeah, this would be one of the standard arguments not to release
If you listen to all the Josh Reid pocast, he explains exactly why the list isn't out. I posted the link. Listen to the hour podcast.