Eric Swalwell:

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3. Good point, which I hadn't thought of.

I thought of a similar rationale, though, that pointed to why Trump almost assuredly was on Epstein's client list. I'll copy and paste it here as well:

If there was any big-name Democrat on that list, regardless of whether there were Republicans or not, Trump would have happily had his people release it because he would care more about hurting the big-name Democrats he constantly attacks than protecting any Republican other than himself.

And yet it wasn't released.

That says to me (1) there were no big-name Democrats on it and/or (2) Trump is plastered all over that list and releasing even a portion of it would have spelled doom for his big orange ass because the entire list would have eventually been seen through discovery once his MAGA goons did end up charging someone.