Here's a thought: If Epstein really did have a lot of dirt on people - and nearly everyone assumes he did - wouldn't he have a "life insurance policy?" Give his attorneys all the dirt he has, or put it in a safe deposit box to be opened in the event of his death, and make it known that if anything happened to him, it would all come out anyway. I'm surprised we haven't seen any speculation about this.
And with that, I have just become a conspiracy theorist. it really is easy to do!

Onward and upward,
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