The current English translation, “There is every reason to doubt that it is true”, is dubious. The meaning is rather “There is every reason to suspect that it is true”.
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This is amazing. Epäillä is a verb that can have two opposite meanings. Who came up with that? Lol.
Anyway, wiktionary has some usage hints, and after reading those, I would also agree that “suspect” is more likely here:
The meaning “to suspect” is more common with subordinate clauses using [että] that have the verb in indicative mood, and is practically the only interpretation when the genitive of a participle is used (generally considered fairly formal).
Epäilen, että teit sen. ― I suspect you did it.
Epäilen sinun tehneen sen. ― I suspect you did it.
The meaning “to doubt” is more common with the verb in conditional mood, and is practically the only interpretation with tag questions formed with [-ko].
Epäilen, että olisit tehnyt sen. ― I doubt you would have done it. (but also possibly I suspect you would have done it.)
Epäilen, teitkö sitä. ― I doubt (whether) you did it.
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