Overview
- The temporary reading room in Tribeca displays about 3.5 million Justice Department pages bound into 3,437 volumes and is scheduled to stay open through May 21.
- The Institute for Primary Facts organized the project to turn recent court releases into a public archive and a memorial space with roughly 1,200 candles.
- Many books are off-limits to general visitors, with access limited to lawyers and accredited journalists to avoid exposing uncensored victim names.
- A wall timeline traces Epstein’s social ties with President Donald Trump, from a 1987 meeting in Palm Beach to a 2007 break after Trump ejected Epstein from Mar-a-Lago.
- U.S. District Judge Kenneth Karas released a document described as Epstein’s suicide note after a New York Times request, did not validate its authenticity, and Epstein’s 2019 jail death was officially ruled a suicide.