The DOJ is simultaneously suppressing Epstein files AND seizing journalist devices to hunt leakers — the architecture of institutional information control is being built openly in 2026, not as a conspiracy but as explicit policy.
Epstein file suppression mirrors the pattern seen in early DeFi regulatory targeting: use procedural delays and "compliance review" framing to manage narrative windows, redact selectively, and by the time anything surfaces the public attention cycle has moved on — the same playbook now applies to political intel, not just financial.