A reading room displaying over 3.5 million pages of records tied to investigations into Jeffrey Epstein’s activities is coming to Washington, D.C.
WASHINGTON — A reading room that features millions of pages related to federal investigations into the late disgraced financier and convicted pedophile Jeffrey Epstein is coming to the nation’s capital.
The Institute for Primary Facts announced this week that the Donald J. Trump and Jeffrey Epstein Memorial Reading Room will move from its New York location to D.C.’s Chinatown neighborhood “in time for President Trump’s birthday.”
The name of the installment calls attention to the president’s longtime association with the now-infamous Epstein.
Despite the president’s claims that he distanced himself from Epstein many years ago, their well-documented friendship has been a source of sharp criticism of the administration.
Numerous photographs and video clips show Trump and Epstein together in social settings, and a lurid birthday card Trump reportedly sent Epstein, who died in jail after being arrested on trafficking charges, ignited rebukes from critics of the administration and others.
According to the institute, the installation, which will be open June 9 through June 12, “will house all 3.5 million pages of unsealed court records and investigative files released by the DOJ, printed and bound into more than 3,400 individual volumes weighing more than 17,000 pounds.”
Organizers say they hope the District will be the reading room’s second stop before embarking on a national tour.
They say nearly 10,000 people physically walked through the exhibit during its two-week run in New York, while more than 85 million people perused it online.
“Inside the New York installation, we proved that the truth becomes impossible to ignore the moment it stops being a headline on a digital feed and takes up physical space. Standing in the room forces a visceral reckoning with the sheer, undeniable weight of this evidence. We are opening our doors in Washington to ensure these 3.5 million pages of records are never scrubbed from our collective history,” said David Garrett, an organizer for the Institute for Primary Facts.
The “reading room” will reportedly occupy two floors of a gallery space near Judiciary Square.
They say that because many of the documents include unredacted information about victims and survivors, the volumes will be kept cordoned off from the public.
The installation will be open to the public in the afternoon, but people who require access — such as journalists, members of congress, or survivors and their advocates — will be able to access the documents in the morning.
You can reserve a free visit to the “reading room” by clicking here.
