Trump-Epstein Reading Room Opens in DC: GovBrief #492

Activists are turning 17,000 pounds of the government’s own printed Epstein files into a public archive in Washington, with Trump’s name on the door.

The “Trump and Epstein Memorial Reading Room” opens in days, timed to his birthday next week, and holds 3,400 volumes. Every page the DOJ released is now printed and bound, there to read in your hands instead of on a screen that scrolls it away.

The fury over the rape and abuse of children was never a left or right question, and it remains one of the few things this country still agrees on. After stonewalling for years, Trump had no choice but to sign the law that got these files released. Now they sit in the capital under his name and Epstein’s.

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All work is complete! Great American Patriots, primarily from the Great State of Oklahoma, plus Doug Burgum, Secretary of the Interior, inspecting the very complex, but powerful, Dark Blue surface of the Reflecting Pool, prior to submerging it in CLEAN, BEAUTIFUL WATER. It was originally opened in 1922, but never functioned properly — now it does! Thank you President Trump, thank you Department of the Interior — AND THE BEST IS YET TO COME with The Trump Promenade at The Lincoln Memorial, and The Triumphal Arch, which will be, along with the White House Ballroom, when completed, the Greatest Structure in Washington.

Social media post by Donald Trump on June 6, 2026, including thanking himself and naming a new Trump promenade at the Lincoln Memorial

Today’s GovBrief News

Foreign Relations 1 of 6

North Korea rejects U.S. denuclearization push and vows to expand its nuclear arsenal a day before Chinese President Xi visits Kim Jong Un.

Also disputes Trump's account of Beijing summit

Source: The Associated Press

June 6, 2026Details

War 2 of 6

U.S. strikes Iranian radar sites and downs six attack drones as Tehran accuses Washington of violating the ceasefire.

Treasury would make Iran pay damages

Source: CBS News

June 6, 2026Details

Immigration 3 of 6

Defense Secretary Hegseth uses a D-Day speech in Normandy to denounce an "invasion" of migrants on Europe's beaches, then skips the main commemoration honoring the Allied dead.

Echoes Vance's "invasion" remarks a day earlier

Source: France 24

June 6, 2026Details

Oversight 4 of 6

White House AI policy adviser Sriram Krishnan will leave at the end of June, days after the administration floated taking government equity stakes in AI companies.

Stays on as outside adviser

Source: The Hill

June 6, 2026Details

Grift 5 of 6

Trump pardons former Republican congressman Stephen Buyer for insider trading, the same week his administration touts a fraud crackdown on Democratic-run states.

Buyer prosecuted Clinton at 1998 impeachment

Source: The Guardian

June 6, 2026Details

Fighting Back 6 of 6

Activists move their "Trump and Epstein Memorial Reading Room," displaying all 3.5 million pages of the released DOJ files, to downtown Washington for the president's birthday.

3,400 volumes weighing 17,000 pounds

Source: WUSA Washington

June 6, 2026Details