Ignore Epstein demoralization psy-op.
Yes, how his administration handled this was embarrassing. I don't really know why they'd do things in such a way, it is seemingly engineered to make them look bad. I can see a lot of justification as to why there is nothing to release. Epstein destroyed stuff(or Mossad was always the one holding the info and made sure of it) after his first arrest in 2006 as he was burned as an asset or the FBI destroyed it as they were collecting it to cover for the elite. However they handled it in such a way as to seemingly purposefully make people suspicious.
However, those that try and make you think Trump is one of his clients and the most horrible kind of monster are either purposefully disingenuous because they are upset about it, stupid, or are purposefully using it as a wedge to try and demoralize support for Trump.
There are a lot of people that socialized with him before his 2006 Arrest, basically everyone. Trying to figure out who was the pedo of the people that interacted closely with him is like trying to find a needle in a... well a box of matches. Not hard exactly, but there probably was still a lot of innocent people in the mix. Then there are those that didn't distance themselves from him after 2006; Bill Gates, Prince Andrew, etc. Maybe not all pedos, but even those that are not are worthy of contempt.
But there is only one person I've ever heard of that distance themselves from Epstein BEFORE 2006. Trump is one of the few people I think it is safe to say wasn't using Epstein's services.