Fake Dallas GOP convention website sends people to Epstein files
The troll domain gopdallas2026.com sent users to Justice Department Epstein files and quickly spread online, drawing attention before the convention.
- On Friday, a website falsely claiming to be the official Republican Midterm Convention portal redirected visitors to the Justice Department's "Epstein Library," dominating Google search results for the Dallas event.
- The fraudulent domain gopdallas2026.com appeared to be an "SEO trolling effort" while the official site, gopconvention.com, remained unaffected. By Friday afternoon, the unauthorized page was taken offline.
- Scheduled for September 9–10 in Dallas, the Republican Party's first midterm convention expects about 20,000 visitors, including President Donald Trump and Vice President JD Vance, as the party seeks to retain control of Congress.
- Curated by the Institute for Primary Facts, an exhibit titled the "Donald J. Trump and Jeffrey Epstein Memorial Reading Room" arrives in Dallas during the convention, displaying thousands of volumes of federal Epstein records.
- The Lincoln Project, a group founded by former Republicans to oppose Trump, amplified the redirect late Friday morning. The incident highlights ongoing scrutiny surrounding federal records related to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
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