RNC Website Prank
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- Rena RoweWashington Examiner
- Al Jazeera StaffAl Jazeera
- Brendan RasciusThe Independent
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RNC Website Prank. (2026, October 13). The Aporia. https://the-aporia.com/event/4075
“RNC Website Prank.” The Aporia, 13 Oct. 2026, https://the-aporia.com/event/4075.
“RNC Website Prank.” The Aporia, October 13, 2026. https://the-aporia.com/event/4075.
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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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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…
Fake RNC midterm convention link reroutes to DOJ Epstein files website →A mock website pretending to be the official site of the Republican Party's 2026 midterm convention in Dallas, Texas, has been circulating online, directing users to the Department of Justice's Epstein Files instead. The fake website, gopdallas2026.com, was briefly at the top of Google search results on Friday and prompted visitors to input their contact information for "exclusive updates" before redirecting them to…
Mock Republican convention website redirects users to Epstein Files →A website pretending to be the official site of the Republican National Committee's 2026 midterm convention instead redirected visitors to the Department of Justice's cache of documents related to Jeffrey Epstein, a convicted sex offender who died in 2019. The fake site appeared more prominently in Google search results than the RNC's actual convention page. A spokesperson for the RNC has blamed Democrats for…
Prankster built GOP midterm convention lookalike website - that just sends people to the Epstein files →Analysis
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- 4 Sep
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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5 Sep Prankster built GOP midterm convention lookalike website - that just sends people to the Epstein filesA website pretending to be the official site of the Republican National Committee's 2026 midterm convention instead redirected visitors to the Department of Justice's cache of documents related to Jeffrey Epstein, a convicted sex offender who died in 2019. The fake site appeared more prominently in Google search results than the RNC's actual convention page. A spokesperson for the RNC has blamed Democrats for…The Independent
4 Sep Mock Republican convention website redirects users to Epstein FilesA mock website pretending to be the official site of the Republican Party's 2026 midterm convention in Dallas, Texas, has been circulating online, directing users to the Department of Justice's Epstein Files instead. The fake website, gopdallas2026.com, was briefly at the top of Google search results on Friday and prompted visitors to input their contact information for "exclusive updates" before redirecting them to…Al Jazeera
4 Sep Fake RNC midterm convention link reroutes to DOJ Epstein files websiteA 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…Washington Examiner
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