Congressional Democrats Unveil Newest Batch of Jeffrey Epstein Photos as DOJ Time Limit Approaches

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The Congressional oversight panel has made public a set of around 70 photos obtained from the property of late adjudicated sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

This constitutes the third disclosure from a tranche of in excess of 95,000 photographs the panel has acquired from Epstein's property. It features pictures of excerpts from the novel Lolita written across a female's body, and redacted photos of women's overseas passports.

This action arrives mere hours before the 19 December deadline for the DOJ to release every files related to its investigation into Epstein.

"These new images raise additional questions about precisely what the Department of Justice has in its possession," said the senior Democrat of the committee, Robert Garcia.

Contents in the Photographs Made Public

Some of the photographs made public on Thursday depict Epstein in discussion with professor and activist Noam Chomsky inside a private jet; Bill Gates positioned alongside a woman whose face is obscured; Steve Bannon sitting at a desk across from Epstein, and ex- Alphabet president Sergey Brin at a evening meal.

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These are the newest high-net-worth, influential figures to be photographed in Epstein property images released by the committee - earlier disclosed images also include US President Donald Trump and ex-president Bill Clinton, as well as director Woody Allen, former US treasury secretary Larry Summers, attorney Alan Dershowitz, Andrew Mountbatton-Windsor, and others.

Appearing in the photos is not indication of any misconduct, and a number of the featured men have asserted they were not involved in Epstein's criminal activity.

In a statement accompanying the image disclosure, Democratic members on the US House Oversight Committee noted the Epstein estate's representatives did not provide context or timings for the photographs.

"Photographs were chosen to provide the public with transparency into a representative sample of the photographs acquired from the holdings, and to provide understanding into Epstein's associates and his extremely disturbing actions," the announcement says.

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The disclosure also includes a number of images of passages from the Vladimir Nabokov book Lolita penned in dark ink across various areas of a female's body, like her upper body, lower extremity, pelvis, and rear. Lolita recounts the story of a minor who was manipulated by a adult literature professor.

One quote from the book inscribed across a woman's upper body reads, "Lolita: the point of the tongue traveling of three steps down the mouth to alight, at three, on the teeth".

The release also contains a collection of photos of female passports and ID papers from states globally, such as Lithuania, Russia, the Czech Republic, and Ukraine.

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Most of the information on the papers, like identities and DOBs, is censored but the House Oversight Committee indicated in a announcement that the travel documents are associated with "females whom Jeffrey Epstein and his conspirators were interacting with".

Another photo depicts Epstein sitting at a table closely flanked by three individuals whose faces have been redacted - one individual has her hand on Epstein's torso under his shirt, and a second is leaning to examine a nearby laptop. Epstein can be seen to be assisting the third attach a bracelet.

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An additional photo disclosed is a capture of digital messages from an unnamed person who says they have been supplied "some girls" and are demanding "$one thousand dollars per female".

Image Disclosure Comes Prior to DOJ Deadline

The body has thousands of photos in its holdings from the Epstein holdings, which are "simultaneously graphic and mundane," its statement on Thursday noted.

The oversight panel first legally compelled the property of Epstein, who died in a New York correctional facility in 2019 while awaiting trial on accusations of sex trafficking, in August.

The images and files the Epstein property provided to the body are distinct from what is often called "Epstein-related records". Those files are records within the justice department's control related to its own inquiry into Epstein.

In accordance with the Epstein Files Transparency Act, which the President enacted recently, the DOJ has until 19 December to disclose its documents. The extent of what's included in the DOJ's documents is unclear, and it's probable that much of the content will be heavily obscured, similar to House Oversight Committee releases