Updated on: September 8, 2026 / 10:32 PM CDT/ CBS Texas
Three million pages of records tied toJeffrey Epsteinhave arrived in Dallas, where a traveling exhibit is giving the public access to the materials in theEpstein fileswhile highlighting his past association with President Trump.
The files, compiled in book form, are all tied to the American financier who died iin 2019 while facing federal charges of sexually abusing and trafficking underage girls and women.
The exhibitalso features a timeline of the relationship between Mr. Trump and Epstein.
It is part exhibit, part public repository. Atraveling library of 3 million documentsand "a tribute to survivors to communities across the country," the exhibition's website says.
"I was abused in New York," said Epstein survivor Lara Bloom McGee. "I went from Dallas to New York."
The shelves hold documents that detail the exploitation of the survivors.
"They have redacted the powerful people who are in the files, the co-conspirators, who have abused us," said Sharlene Rochard, an Epstein survivor.
Organizers call it "The Donald J. Trump and Jeffrey Epstein Memorial Reading Room."
"The reason that we called it the Donald J. Trump and Jeffrey Epstein Memorial Reading Room is to get attention, andTrump is mentioned 38,000 timesin the files," coordinator David Garrett said.
Garrett calls it a museum, complete with a visual timeline of the relationship between Mr. Trump, before he became president, and Epstein, America's most infamous convicted sex offender.
Mr.Trump has always denied any wrongdoingand says he cut ties with Epstein years ago.
In 2008, Epstein pleaded guilty to charges including soliciting a minor for prostitution and surrendered to the Palm Beach County jail that June. Investigators had identified dozens of potential accusers from several states, many underage when they said Epstein abused them. But federal prosecutors agreed not to charge Epstein in exchange for his agreement to plead guilty to lesser state charges in Florida. Many survivors of Epstein's crimes and other critics of the plea agreement have called it a "sweetheart deal."
Even after his 2008 conviction, Epstein retained access to elite social circles and a broad network among billionaires, politicians, academics, celebrities and members of royalty.
In July 2019, Epstein, by then a registered sex offender, was arrested and charged by federal prosecutors with sex trafficking of minors and conspiracy. On Aug. 10, 2019, Epstein was found dead in his federal jail cell at Manhattan's Metropolitan Correctional Center while awaiting trial. His death was ruled a suicide.
