A temporary exhibit displaying 3.5 million documents related to the Department of Justice’s investigation into disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein will open in Washington, D.C., this week, highlighting Epstein’s long documented association with President Donald Trump. The “Donald J. Trump and Jeffrey Epstein Memorial Reading Room,” put on by the Institute for Primary Facts, will be open to the public on Tuesday by appointment and is located at 737 7th Street in Northwest D.C. The 12,000-square-foot space features 3,500 volumes of Epstein files, each with 800 pages, released by the DOJ. David Garrett, an organizer for the reading room, told the Washington Examiner that the library is intended to put pressure on the DOJ to continue investigating Epstein’s crimes. He compared the tactic to constituents putting pressure on lawmakers to pass the Epstein Files Transparency Act, which ultimately led to the files’ release.
“That’s like our democracy working right?” Garrett said of the transparency act that was passed after public pressure. “It’s our democracy saying if a bunch of people, a bunch of voters, get together and pressure the government, we can actually get something done that nobody ever thought would be done. That’s kind of what we’re hoping that we can do with this, is you know, push for real accountability.”
