🔗 Share this article Lawmakers Unveil Newest Set of Epstein Photos as Department of Justice Deadline Approaches Committee The House Oversight Committee has published a batch of around 70 images obtained from the property of late convicted sexual predator Jeffrey Epstein. This constitutes the third disclosure from a cache of over 95,000 images the body has acquired from Epstein's estate. It features images of quotes from the literary work Lolita inscribed across a woman's body, and obscured images of women's international passports. This release comes mere hours before the 19th of December due date for the Justice Department to disclose all files connected to its investigation into Epstein. "These photos raise further queries about precisely what the Justice Department has in its possession," said the Democratic lead of the committee, Robert Garcia. Contents in the Photos Released Some of the images released on recently show Epstein in discussion with professor and activist Noam Chomsky inside a personal aircraft; Bill Gates standing alongside a woman whose features is redacted; Steve Bannon positioned at a table across from Epstein, and former Alphabet president Sergey Brin at a dinner gathering. Oversight Panel These are the newest wealthy, influential men to be photographed in Epstein's estate photographs published by the House Oversight Committee - earlier released photos also show US President Donald Trump and past president Bill Clinton, as well as director Woody Allen, previous US Treasury Secretary Larry Summers, attorney Alan Dershowitz, Andrew Mountbatton-Windsor, and others. Being pictured in the photographs is not evidence of any misconduct, and several of the pictured figures have asserted they were not participating in Epstein's unlawful actions. In a statement issued alongside the photograph disclosure, Lawmakers on the US House Oversight Committee said the Epstein estate did not provide context or dates for the images. "Photos were selected to provide the general populace with openness into a representative sample of the photos received from the property, and to give understanding into Epstein's circle and his profoundly alarming behavior," the statement states. Oversight Panel The publication also includes a number of photos of passages from the Vladimir Nabokov novel Lolita written in dark ink across various areas of a woman's body, including her torso, foot, hip, and back. Lolita tells the tale of a minor who was exploited by a adult literature professor. One passage from the work inscribed across a female's chest states, "Lo-lee-ta: the point of the tongue making a journey of three steps down the palate to tap, at three, on the teeth". Additionally, there are a number of photographs of female passports and ID papers from countries around the world, like Lithuania, Russia, the Czech Republic, and Ukraine. Committee Most of the information on the IDs, including identities and birth dates, is censored but the committee indicated in a announcement that the passports belong to "women whom Jeffrey Epstein and his co-conspirators were involved with". A further photo depicts Epstein positioned at a table intimately surrounded by three women whose features have been censored - one has her palm on Epstein's torso under his clothing, and a second is bending to look at a close-by device. Epstein can be seen to be helping the third attach a piece of jewelry. Committee Another photo made public is a screenshot of text messages from an unidentified individual who says they have been sent "several females" and are asking for "$1000 for each individual". Photograph Release Arrives Ahead of DOJ Deadline The panel has thousands of photographs in its custody from the Epstein holdings, which are "both graphic and ordinary," its announcement on Thursday explained. The House Oversight Committee first issued a subpoena to the property of Epstein, who passed away in a New York correctional facility in 2019 while facing trial on accusations of sex trafficking, in August. The photographs and records the Epstein estate gave to the panel are different than what is often called "the Epstein documents". Those are papers in the justice department's control related to its own investigation into Epstein. Pursuant to the Transparency Act, which Donald Trump enacted in November, the DOJ has until the date of 19 December to release its files. The scope of the contents included in the DOJ's records is not publicly known, and it's probable that a significant portion of the content will be significantly redacted, comparable to House Oversight Committee materials