So we've gone from 'it doesn't exist, there's nothing in it, and Epstein definitely killed himself' to 'it's all lies and libel, it's all been tampered with, it's a hoax'.
This is an admission of guilt wrapped in special pleading. If it was just fake bullshit then they would've released it with some form of proof that it was fabricated. That they couldn't do that and went as their first plan with saying the list and associated files don't even exist, then have to pivot now to admission that they exist and there's shit in it that incriminates Trump they are claiming is false, shows the real fucking reason it was hoped and prayed for that people would just shut the fuck up about it and accept this admin's flaccid attempt at running cover for people who operate and engage in child sexual slavery rings.
It's good to know that the real reason is that Trump is indeed incriminated, from the new round of cope/media spin, but the damage has already been done. If the info was to be trusted, the time to release those files was within the first thirty days of his presidency, ideally the first week.
Now? At least John Q. Public can know that the president withheld the Epstein files because he's incriminated in them, I guess.