So what’s happening with the epstein files?

Agree. It's also not illegal to pay for sex so even if there was evidence that money was exchanged, there's no legal problem there either.

The illegal bit is the trafficking and the people that led that are dead (Epstein) or in prison (Maxwell).

One of the biggest challenges they would have is that it would be very difficult to prove 'beyond reasonable doubt' that a crime was committed. Guiffre is a good example here - whilst she states she was mentally under the control of Epstein, she was physically free to walk away (which she did on 2 separate occasions, she voluntarily went back the first time). Throughout her time with Epstein, she had money, her own flat and her own car, she lived with her boyfriend and regularly saw and spoke to her family. She voluntarily went back to his house every day, got on his private jets voluntarily, travelled the world voluntarily and groomed other women voluntarily. (By 'voluntarily' I mean without physical force or threat). She walked away from Epstein with zero complications when she met her husband. Epstein/Maxwell made no attempt to stop her. (All of this is in her own book). Even though we assume she was groomed and I believe her, there is no actual evidence that would hold up in a court of law. How do you prove 'beyond reasonable doubt' that the sex she was having was against her will?

Maxwell has said she will give evidence to exonerate Trump if she receives a pardon so expect that to happen. Victims who have revealed the names of their abusers have been threatened with legal action by men who can destroy them so there won't be any court cases. Expect to see a lot more people "conveniently" dying prematurely in mysterious circumstances.

Nothing will be done to any of the rich and powerful men involved.

Lots of names.
But as far as I can tell nothing seems to prove anything was illegal - ie no proof of girls underage except for with Epstein himself, nothing that proves women were being trafficked, nothing that says the names on the list paid money for sex.
It's just impossible to prove what was actually happening.

Rich white men will protect rich white men. Epstein is dead, Maxwell is in prison, Virginia Guiffre is dead, the arsehole formerly known as Prince Andrew has been demoted but will probably end up in Saudi living a very nice life. I would be surprised if anything else happens. I don’t even know if trump and his criminals will be weakened by this.

Dunno. I’m still waiting for the other men to get named and shamed. So far, other than an allegedly murdered Epstein, the only folk being talked about are Brits. Nothing to see across the pond, m’lud.