The exhibit, titled the Donald J. Trump and Jeffrey Epstein Memorial Reading Room, opened on May 8 and will run until May 21 at an undisclosed gallery space in Tribeca, Manhattan. Organisers said the exact address has not been made public for security reasons and is shared only with confirmed visitors.
The project has been organised by the Institute for Primary Facts, a nonprofit focused on government transparency. Organisers said the installation contains around 3.5 million pages of partially redacted Epstein-related records released earlier this year by the US Department of Justice, compiled into more than 3,400 bound volumes weighing nearly 17,000 pounds.
The exhibit also includes a timeline detailing Epstein’s relationship with US President Donald Trump.
“The evidence in this room is evidence of one of the most horrific crimes in American history,” lead organiser David Garrett told Wired.
Epstein first came under investigation in 2005 over allegations that he sexually abused underage girls at his properties in Florida and New York. In 2008, he pleaded guilty in Florida to charges related to soliciting minors for prostitution and served 13 months in custody under a controversial plea deal.
He was arrested again in July 2019 on federal sex trafficking charges involving minors, but was found dead in his jail cell at the Metropolitan Correctional Center in Manhattan the following month. New York’s medical examiner ruled his death a suicide by hanging.
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