I think trump is on this "list" along with many others in Washington, Hollywood, the corporate world and beyond. That is why he is still roaming free, because the ones who could expose him would be exposing themselves. They all have the same dirt on each other. But what about the politicians not on the list...why don't they talk? My thoughts are they know to keep quiet if they want their plush careers to continue. "Careers before constituents" is the motto here.
What I've watched over the last 5 years or so is that both left and right partisans demand "release the Epstein list" and both are convinced some politician they hate is on it (the right is convinced Bill Clinton is on there as a minimum, the left Trump). And that's the ONLY REASON for most of the hub-bub. Most of them don't really care in the abstract about pedophilia AT ALL, this is about scoring political points and taking down someone they loathe.
It's pretty hard to take the GOP seriously on pedophilia after Alabama nominated Roy Moore to the Senate. But then again, using the Nixon-Clinton-Trump precedent, even if his name is on the list, he can't be prosecuted for crimes that happened BEFORE he was in office until he is OUT OF office.
My suspicion has always been:
a) there never really is a "list"
b) there probably is "proof" however light/heavy of many famous people on "Epstein Island" or whatever.