Bottom-line, Bondi was told by someone at a higher paygrade to shelve the Epstein release - Maybe for good reason as I outlined before.
As always the coverup in the end is worse than the actual deed.
Prediction: We will see over the coming weeks a plethora of positive DOJ propaganda marketing geared towards indictments, arrests, suspensions, drug seizures, etcetera, etcetera, to save Bondi.