Overview
- An activist installation in Tribeca has printed and bound the entire set of unsealed Epstein documents into 3,437 volumes that together weigh about 17,000 pounds and fill a two‑floor gallery.
- The shelved books are kept behind ropes for general visitors while private appointments are offered to members of Congress, law enforcement, credentialed journalists, survivors, victims, and their advocates.
- Organizers led by David Garrett and the Institute for Primary Facts say the project is meant to keep public attention on the files and push the Justice Department to reissue records with usable redactions; the Justice Department has denied intentional concealment and President Trump has said the released materials vindicate him.
- Preparing the printed volumes required painstaking technical work to reproduce redactions without damaging paper, with organizers saying they had to edit files pixel by pixel before printing.
- The installation includes memorial elements such as a timeline and roughly 1,400 candles to represent victims, the exhibit is temporary, and organizers say they plan to tour the project to other cities to continue pressure and public scrutiny.