When visitors walk into the North Dallas event space, they see a life-sized timeline trackingPresident Donald Trump’s long association with sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
It starts with their 1987 introduction and progresses to Trump flying on Epstein’s private jet in 1995 — the same year Epstein’s first known accuser reported him to the FBI. It ends in 2026 after Trump’s Department of Justice released about half the files it has on Epstein, 3.5 million pages.
Behind the timeline, visitors can see those documents printed out and bound in 3,437 volumes of softcover books stacked on winding bookshelves, a visual representation of the tips and evidence that have not turned into criminal prosecutions.
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Lara Blume McGee, a former model who reported being abused by Epstein to the FBI, pulls one down and flips to a page with a fully redacted email.
“What are they hiding here?” McGee said. “Who are they protecting?”
A traveling exhibit called The Donald J. Trump and Jeffrey Epstein Memorial Reading Room is displaying millions of files in a pop-up location through Friday, bringing its pressure campaign for prosecutions to Dallas as the city hosts Trump during the first-everRepublican midterm convention. A taco truck-turned bookmobile will also shuttle a micro-printed version of the documents around Dallas on Wednesday and Thursday.
It is the first stop on a nationwide tour after events in New York City and Washington organized by the Institute for Primary Facts drew 15,000 visitors. David Garrett, executive director of the institute, said he wants the public to see the scale of intelligence that has not been fully investigated and to urge authorities to hold Epstein’s co-conspirators accountable.
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After Epstein died in 2019 awaiting trial on federal charges around sex trafficking of minors, only one person, his accomplice Ghislaine Maxwell, has been charged by American authorities and convicted of sex trafficking.
“We have the most powerful and feared law enforcement entities on the face of the planet and they were only able to find two perpetrators for these tens of thousands of crimes?” said Garrett, a Michigan entrepreneur. “What that means is some of the criminals that abused and trafficked little girls whose names are in those files are still out there.”
David Garrett, executive director of the Institute for Primary Facts, poses for a photo during a media preview of a traveling exhibit, “ The Donald J. Trump and Jeffrey Epstein Memorial Reading Room,” Tuesday, Sept. 8, 2026, in Dallas.
The exhibit held at Vouv Meeting & Event Space is free but visitors must RSVP attrumpepsteinreadingroom.com. Multiple survivors will be present to interact with guests and give panel discussions that will be announced this week. Gina Hinojosa, the Democratic candidate for governor, will appear on a panel with five survivors at noon Wednesday.
