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Spoof site redirected to DOJ’s Epstein files database

9/8/2026

Summary

GoDaddy Registers Spoof

A spoof site, gopdallas2026.com, redirected visitors to the Justice Department’s Epstein files database.
GoDaddy registered gopdallas2026.com on July 7, keeping the registrant’s name private.
The site began redirecting to the DOJ database by September 4.
It remained active through September 7.
RNC communications director Zach Parkinson blamed Democrats for the spoof, saying they were “too broke” for a convention.

Summary

Dallas Police Security

Dallas police anticipate $1.8 million in security expenses for the September 9-10 convention.
City officials revoked a special-event permit for an anti-Trump march near the arena.
Organizers still plan to protest despite the revoked permit.
A pop-up “U.S. President Donald Trump and Jeffrey Epstein Memorial Reading Room” will display 3.5 million pages of DOJ records.
A taco-truck bookmobile wrapped in a Trump-Epstein photo will circulate micro-printed documents on September 10.

History

Historical Context

After Cleveland was chosen on July 8 2014 to host the 2016 Republican National Convention, the city secured a $50 million federal grant and deployed roughly 2,000 police officers to police the July 18-21 event. Persistent open-carry debates and an ACLU lawsuit limited protest permits, resulting in only a few hundred demonstrators and five arrests. The high security spend set a precedent for costly municipal policing at later conventions.

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GoDaddy Registers Spoof

A spoof site, gopdallas2026.com, redirected visitors to the Justice Department’s Epstein files database.
GoDaddy registered gopdallas2026.com on July 7, keeping the registrant’s name private.
The site began redirecting to the DOJ database by September 4.
It remained active through September 7.
RNC communications director Zach Parkinson blamed Democrats for the spoof, saying they were “too broke” for a convention.

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