“Within Trump circles, there is the belief that Epstein is, in fact, arrested to squeeze him for information about Donald Trump,” he explained. “And we don’t know what information that might be because conveniently, at least for Donald Trump, Jeffrey Epstein dies shortly thereafter. Trump is reportedly named in the so-called “Epstein files.” Trump and his administration have refused to release all the files. Democrats, Wolff argues, could use that to their advantage during government shutdown negotiations. If they would have learned anything, there is only one obvious weakness for Donald Trump, one obvious threat.