In the case of the Core devs, let me see if I can make the case that this is a risk to Bitcoin.
Open source Dev communities are particularly sensitive to optics of a project. Who is on a project can very well be a deterrent to who would otherwise want to work on a project.
We are constantly told how precious few Core developers are; how particularly difficult it is to work on.
Don't you think those guys might actually be a risk to the long-term maintainability of the project, if they could serve as a deterrent to participation? You'd have to be extra-autistic not to be a little weebed out by the fact that there was an absolute void of community discussion about how the people reviewing your code and steering project direction surfaced in the Epstein files.
