A website posing as an official site for the Republican National Committee's midterm convention in Dallas was redirecting users to the Justice Department's website containing records related to Jeffrey Epstein as of Friday afternoon. The fake site, gopdallas2026.com, claims to provide information about next week's event, which will feature President Donald Trump and Vice President JD Vance. Approximately 50,000 volumes of the released Epstein files have been printed and bound by the Institute for Primary Facts, a nonprofit group curating an exhibit at the convention. The timing of the exhibit's arrival in Dallas is deliberate, coinciding with the Republican convention.
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A fake website posing as the official Republican National Committee (RNC) midterm convention site in Dallas redirected users to the Justice Department's Jeffrey Epstein files webpage. The fake site, gopdallas2026.com, advertised information about the RNC convention but instead took visitors to a Justice Department webpage containing records related to Epstein, a convicted sex offender with connections to prominent figures. This incident occurred on Friday afternoon, and users were redirected to the Epstein files website for hours. The Institute for Primary Facts is organizing an exhibit of the Epstein files at the convention, which will feature President Donald Trump and Vice President JD Vance. The official RNC website, gopconvention.com, directs visitors to information about the event. This fake website was likely a prank intended to revive discussion of the Epstein Files.
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A website posing as an informational site for the Republican National Committee’s upcoming midterm convention in Dallas was redirecting users to the Justice Department’s website for the Jeffrey Epstein files as of Friday afternoon.
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The website, gopdallas2026.com, advertises itself as the “2026 RNC Midterm Convention” site and promotes information about next week’s event.
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website → advertise → event
The site then redirects visitors to a Justice Department webpage containing records related to Epstein, the convicted sex offender whose connections to prominent political, business, and social figures have drawn extensive scrutiny.
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connections → redirect → scrutiny
The official Republican convention website, gopconvention.com, directs visitors to information about the event, which will be held in Dallas on Wednesday and Thursday.
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which → direct → Wednesday
The convention is the Republican Party’s first midterm convention and is set to feature President Donald Trump and Vice President JD Vance as the party prepares for the November elections.
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party → set → elections
An Epstein files exhibit curated by the Institute for Primary Facts is also scheduled to arrive in Dallas during the convention.
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exhibit → curate → convention
The “Donald J. Trump and Jeffrey Epstein Memorial Reading Room,” along with an accompanying mobile exhibit, is being organized by the Institute for Primary Facts, a nonprofit group that has printed and bound the released Epstein files into thousands of volumes.
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that → accompany → volumes
The exhibit is scheduled to be in Dallas from Tuesday through Sept. 11, overlapping with the Republican convention.
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exhibit → schedule → convention
David Garrett, executive director of the Institute for Primary Facts, told the Washington Examiner that the timing of the exhibit’s arrival in Dallas was deliberate.
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timing → tell → Dallas
“We wanted to be where the conversation is happening, and the conversation is going to be there,” Garrett said.
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Garrett → want → ?
“We wanted to go to Texas anyway, and it just seemed like good timing.”
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During the GOP’s two-day convention, Republicans are expected to focus on the party’s agenda heading into the 2026 midterm elections.
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Republicans → expect → elections
