Having gained the confidence and gathered the information, when the time was right, the plan was to 'out' Epstein as a child abuser and trafficker [shock revelation, Epstein wasn't working alone, but for Israeli/US intelligence]. At that point, every single one of the people he had courted over the years were put on notice; not only were they now associated with a child sex trafficker, but more seriously, because of the information they had shared with him, the 'services' they had accepted from him, they too could theoretically be exposed because Epstein had been exposed.
This was all by design. Think about it. People with the power and influence to extract Epstein from a high security prison and replace him with a 'John Doe' lookalike stiff with ZERO repercussions, could easily have prevented their guy from ever being sent to prison in the first place. They wanted him prosecuted and in prison, at least for a while.
And of course, Epstein's 'friends' are all still wondering who now has the information on them that Epstein had, and what might they do with it. The threat of that alone is enough to have a chilling effect on them all and make sure that all of them toe the line, and think twice about speaking out about something that the 'deep state' would prefer they not. There is therefore no need to 'expose' any of them.
With the notable exception of Prince Andrew. No one seems to be wondering why he, alone, among the 'elite' was dragged through the media and made a pariah due to his ties with Epstein. The reason is that he was used to set an example of what could happen to the rest. And also to trash the image of the British royal family, which alone among the European royals still held a modicum of respect and sense of propriety, at least in the eyes of much of the British and wider global population.