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Protesters Project Trump-Epstein Images on WHCA Dinner Hotel

Published 25 April 2026

In Washington, D.C., on Friday evening, demonstrators projected images and documents linking President Donald Trump to the late financier Jeffrey Epstein onto the exterior of the Washington Hilton, the venue for the upcoming White House Correspondents' Association dinner. The display, which lasted about two minutes, featured photographs of Trump and Epstein together, heavily redacted files from Epstein's investigations, and an email Epstein sent to author Michael Wolff in 2019 referring to Trump as "the dog that hasn't barked." It concluded with a photo of the two men and the words "END THE COVERUP." The projections drew onlookers gathered across the street and quickly went viral on social media after user Aaron Parnas shared a video on X, captioning it to highlight Trump's past relationship with Epstein during the correspondents' weekend.

The incident occurred hours before Saturday's annual dinner, which Trump plans to attend for the first time as a sitting president. He previously boycotted the event throughout his first term and in 2025, citing tensions with the media, but accepted this year's invitation last month. In a post on Truth Social, Trump described himself as "one...

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