Politics & Government

Trump-Epstein Bookmobile Is Touring FL: See Upcoming Stops

The traveling exhibit featuring records from the Jeffrey Epstein investigation is visiting several Florida cities through Nov. 4.

A portion of the approximately 3.5 million pages of public records of the Epstein files is on display at The Donald J. Trump and Jeffrey Epstein Memorial Reading Room, which is traveling to cities around Florida through Nov. 4.
A portion of the approximately 3.5 million pages of public records of the Epstein files is on display at The Donald J. Trump and Jeffrey Epstein Memorial Reading Room, which is traveling to cities around Florida through Nov. 4. (AP Photo/Rod Lamkey, Jr.)

The Donald J. Trump & Jeffrey Epstein Memorial Reading Room is touring Florida, bringing bound volumes of records released in the federal investigation of child sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein to cities across the state.

The traveling exhibit contains 3.5 million pages from the federal investigation of Epstein. The project is also designed to highlight the relationship between Epstein, a convicted sex offender who died by suicide in 2019 while in prison awaiting trial on federal charges, and President Donald Trump.

Trump was mentioned more than 38,000 times in the investigation's files, according to the New York Times.

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The Trump administration released the heavily redacted files under a law passed by Congress.

The bookmobile - “a free, traveling reading room presenting the released Epstein files page by page” - is organized by the nonprofit Institute for Primary Facts and DEFIANCE.org, the project’s website said.

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Its first Florida stop came Tuesday in Sanford, with the following cities scheduled, according to its website:

  • Oct. 28 - 1901 Chief Osceola Trail, Kissimmee
  • Oct. 29 - 2612 N. Tampa Street, Tampa
  • Nov. 1-4 - West Palm Beach area, addresses to be disclosed 24 hours before opening

Trump’s private, members-only club, Mar-a-Lago, is located near the West Palm Beach stops. These stops are scheduled around the Nov. 3 midterm election.

The Florida stops are part of a nationwide tour that started Sept. 10 in Dallas, Texas.

“...we're bringing the Bookmobile to cities across the country. All the files. The timeline of Trump and Epstein's relationship. A tribute to survivors. And ways you can take action to demand justice and accountability,” the project’s website said.

Before arriving in Florida, the bookmobile also made stops in Nebraska, Missouri, Iowa, Illinois, Michigan, Ohio, Pennsylvania, New York, New Hampshire, Maine, South Carolina, North Carolina and Georgia.

Tour stops in another 20 cities across the U.S. will be announced soon.

The bookmobile, described by organizers as a “public reckoning on wheels,” is also calling for the full release of all files from the Epstein investigation.

“Release every page of the Epstein files. The American people were promised the complete record and evidence. Instead, pages trickle out with key names blacked out and whole sections missing. With the exception of survivor's names and identifying information, the files must be made public — unredacted, unedited, and in full,” according to the project’s website. “Survivors deserve the truth. The public deserves the truth. There is no version of ‘law and order’ that ends with evidence locked in a drawer.”

The bookmobile officially launched on July 29 on the National Mall in Washington, D.C.

After the bookmobile’s unveiling, survivors and advocates marched to the U.S. Capitol carrying bound volumes of the Epstein files to deliver to Congress, the project’s organizers said. They met with both Republican and Democratic senators to encourage the full release of all files from the investigation.

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