Trump/Epstein Reading Room Installation in North Texas

As I was riding shotgun on a recent trip to Dallas, on a mission to drop off my husband for a shift at the Granada Theater, run a couple of Dallas errands, then meet back up with him to see Jet, I realized I had some time on my hands. The streets were super-crowded, as this was Night 2 of the GOP’s midterm convention at American Airlines Center. In fact, I didn’t understand what I was seeing in the moment, but that loud, ugly data center protest truck passed us on the highway right by the Perot Museum. I began googling the whereabouts of that Donald J. Trump and Jeffrey Epstein Bookmobile/Reading Room, thinking I’d catch up with it, and discovered that a full exhibit at a more accessible location had also been installed at Vouv Event Center in far north Dallas. Within the hour, I saw the Epstein files — all of them — with my own two eyes. Well, the bound notebooks they were in, at least.

THE WORLD OF EPSTEIN & TRUMP

While the exhibit is small, it takes a while to get through. Or it can. There is much to read. It starts with a large panel, like a wall-to-wall science project board, laying out a timeline with facts. Just the facts, ma’am. It made for quite a storyboard.

“The world Jeffrey Epstein and Donald Trump shared for four decades was small and exclusive,” the exhibit says. “They frequented the same clubs, lived in the same cities, and moved in the same circles of wealth and power. Their names appear together in court records, flight logs, photographs, and federal testimony. This timeline documents what is known: the crimes, the accusations, the legal proceedings, and the intersections between their lives, arranged in the order they occurred. Across this wall, two parallel tracks run with a third between them. The first follows Epstein: his properties, his victims, and the legal proceedings that confirmed what investigators had known for years. The second follows Trump: the accusations, the documented statements, and the court verdicts that form his own record. The third marks the moments their lives converge: the flights, the photographs, and the communications that place them, repeatedly, in the same room. This timeline is compiled from court records, flight logs, FBI 302 interview summaries, photographic evidence, and major news reporting through March 2026.”

THE READING ROOM

Once you’ve had your fill of reading about the years of bad behavior perpetrated by these two men, we move on to giving voice to the victims. As you go through a doorway draped with a dark green curtain, you find yourself in a library with rows and rows of bookshelves you are not allowed to touch or film. They contain the actual infamous Epstein files that have been released to date. Thankfully, still photography was allowed. There are 3,400 bound physical volumes featuring millions of pages of Department of Justice records released under the Epstein Files Transparency Act.

This labyrinth of bookshelves led to an open event space, where speakers made presentations throughout the three-day exhibit, including Senate hopeful James Talirico. (See more about his visit on Instagram.) At the front of the room sat a stage with a small podium. In the back of the room was an enclave with an altar and candles in remembrance of all the victims. It’s draped with a veil and lit overhead with a projection of women at an Epstein protest.

The collection is massive and elicits an emotional response from many who see it, so the organizers have also provided a sitting space with tissues handy for those who found the whole thing emotionally draining. Some of my fellow attendees were utilizing it during my visit.

THE MESSAGE BOARDS

In the next room, victims are given a voice literally and figuratively. The walls are covered with bulletin boards full of messages to and from these survivors, and there is a station with writing supplies in case you’d like to leave a note yourself. On your journey from this room to the next, you find two tables with old-school landline phones for you to contact the Justice Department and tell them what you think. Here were the instructions:

“Call the Department of Justice (202-514-2000) and demand the release of all the Epstein files. Demand the protection of all the survivors and victims. ‘Hello, I’m calling to urge the United States Department of Justice to release the Epstein files in the interest of public accountability and transparency. I also strongly ask that the identities, privacy, and dignity of all survivors and victims remain fully protected throughout any release process. The public deserves full transparency and accountability, and the release of all remaining documents should comply with the requirements outlined under the Epstein Files Transparency Act.’ ”

AN ARTISTIC EXIT

As you exit the message-board room, you enter an art gallery with an exhibit of paintings by Maria Farmer, one of the Epstein survivors. You can see a few shots I took in the photo array below, but perhaps her most famous piece is “The Setiles.” This surrealist piece is described on Reddit as her way of exposing her abusers as “monstrous reptilians” in a hellscape of enablers and symbols.

“Maria Farmer is the Epstein/[Ghislaine] Maxwell whistleblower who reported Epstein’s criminal network to the NYPD and the FBI in 1996. She was a young artist fresh out of graduate school when Epstein insisted she be an art scout for his multiple properties, leading to her assault by Maxwell/Epstein. More importantly to Maria, her younger sister was also assaulted by Epstein when she was only 16. Maria reported both assaults as well as the theft of her figurative photo studies, used for her paintings and drawings. The Epstein Files’ release confirmed that Maria was the only survivor who reported Epstein to the FBI in real time. But the government didn’t listen, and the Epstein/Maxwell network continued to perpetrate crimes against women and girls for nine more years. Prior to Epstein’s arrest, Maria fled New York, abandoned her career as an artist, and lived in hiding due to death threats from Maxwell. Once Epstein was arrested, Maria was also diagnosed with multiple cancers. Virginia Roberts Guiffre and Annie Farmer were the impetus for Maria to speak publicly after such a long, anonymous battle. After 20 years, Maria is making art again — this time, that art tells her story.”

These images are a teaser to Epstein’s Deck. Maria created this series after being muted by trauma and silenced by power. She took on this endeavor after her second round of brain radiation forced her to relearn how to draw with her favored French chalks. Each drawing depicts another person once within Epstein’s circle. Farmer studied art at Santa Clara University, Lacoste School of the Arts, The New York Academy of Art, and with Eric Fischl at Santa Fe Art Institute.

MY WALKABOUT

The rest of the images below are in chronological order, from the timeline pictures down to the notes by and for the survivors and the exit art. While this tour stop has ended for the moment in North Texas, I encourage you to contact the organizers at the Institute for Primary Facts, a nonprofit focused on transparency and anti-corruption and one of our inaugural Heroes of the Week (“News Roundup,” Sep 2, 2026) and tell them why they should come to the Fort. To do so, click “Bring the reading room to your town” at TrumpEpsteinReadingRoom.com/tour.