(18 May 2026)
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ASSOCIATED PRESS
New York – 14 May 2026
1. Various of the partially redacted Department of Justice released Jeffrey Epstein files on display
2. SOUNDBITE (English) David Garrett, exhibit organizer at the Institue for Primary Facts: ++ COVERED++
“When people come in, they’re sort of overwhelmed with how many books, how many volumes, all of the evidence.”
ASSOCIATED PRESS
ARCHIVE: Washington – 10 February 2026
3. STILL of a document that was included in the U.S. Department of Justice release of the Jeffrey Epstein files (AP Photo shot by Jon Elswick; ID: 26042042046261)
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ARCHIVE: Washington – 2 February 2026
4. STILL of a document that was included in the release of the Epstein files showing a diagram prepared by the FBI attempting to chart the network of Epstein’s victims and the timeline of their alleged abuse (AP Photo shot by Jon Elswick; ID: 26033830280852)
ASSOCIATED PRESS
New York – 14 May 2026
5. Various of the exterior of the Donald J. Trump and Jeffrey Epstein Memorial Reading Room exhibit
6. Mid of a welcome sign near the entrance of the exhibit
7. SOUNDBITE (English) David Garrett, exhibit organizer at the Institute for Primary Facts: ++PARTIALLY COVERED++
“This is the Donald J. Trump and Jeffrey Epstein Memorial Reading Room. What we’ve done here is downloaded all of the Epstein files from the Department of Justice website, printed them out, bound them into 800 page volumes, and brought them here for the public.”
8. Various of the files on display
9. SOUNDBITE (English) David Garrett, exhibit organizer at the Institute for Primary Facts:
“They ended up being about 17,000 pounds.”
10. Close of Volume 2842 of the DOJ released Epstein files
11. Worker speaking to a visitor; UPSOUND (English) “You’re free to take photos and videos of the space as you observe. We just ask that you don’t remove any of the files from the shelves.”
12. Pan on the welcome sign
13. Pan of files on the shelf
14. Zoom out of a memorial dedicated to survivors and victims of Jeffrey Epstein’s crimes
15. Various of a timeline of the documented history and interactions between President Donald Trump and Jeffrey Epstein
16. Close of drawing on the timeline of Epstein and Trump
17. Close of a card with a script of what to say when calling the Department of Justice to release all the Epstein files
18. Various of notes to survivors posted on a wall
19. SOUNDBITE (English) David Garrett, exhibit organizer at the Institute for Primary Facts: ++COVERED++
“I hope that people, when they come and visit the reading room, they have more context for kind of the enormity of the crimes, the sheer vast number of victims.”
20. Close of a tribute to survivors and victims of Jeffrey Epstein
21. Pan of photos of lawmakers speaking in Washington about Epstein victims
22. Pan of partially redacted Epstein files
STORYLINE:
SOUNDBITE (English) David Garrett, exhibit organizer at the Institute for Primary Facts:
“When people come in, they’re sort of overwhelmed with how many books, how many volumes, all of the evidence.”
LATE FINANCIER AND CONVICTED SEX OFFENDER JEFFREY EPSTEIN LEFT A MASSIVE TRAIL OF EVIDENCE THAT THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT RELEASED THIS YEAR ONLINE.
TO HIGHLIGHT THE SCALE OF THE EVIDENCE, A TRANSPARENCY ADVOCACY GROUP HAS OPENED UP A TEMPORARY EXHIBITION IN NEW YORK CITY WITH A PROVOCATIVE NAME.
SOUNDBITE (English) David Garrett, exhibit organizer at the Institute for Primary Facts:
THAT’S ROUGHLY 3.5 MILLION PAGES OF UNSEALED FILES RELATED TO EPSTEIN.
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