🔗 Share this article Democrats Release Newest Batch of Epstein Photographs as Justice Department Deadline Approaches Investigative Body The House investigative committee has made public a set of around 70 photos from the estate of deceased adjudicated sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. This constitutes the latest in a series of publication from a tranche of over 95,000 images the body has obtained from Epstein's holdings. It features photographs of passages from the novel Lolita written across a woman's body, and redacted pictures of women's international passports. This release arrives hours before the December 19th deadline for the Department of Justice to disclose every records connected to its inquiry into Epstein. "These new images bring up additional questions about precisely what the Department of Justice has in its custody," stated the senior Democrat of the committee, Robert Garcia. What's in the Images Released Some of the photos made public on Thursday depict Epstein speaking with academic and activist Noam Chomsky inside a private plane; Bill Gates seen beside a female whose face is censored; Steve Bannon seated at a table across from Epstein, and previous Alphabet president Sergey Brin at a dinner gathering. Committee These are the latest high-net-worth, influential figures to be photographed in Epstein's estate photos released by the oversight panel - previously published images also depict US President Donald Trump and former president Bill Clinton, as well as movie director Woody Allen, previous US Treasury Secretary Larry Summers, attorney Alan Dershowitz, Andrew Mountbatton-Windsor, and other figures. Being pictured in the photos is is not considered indication of any wrongdoing, and several of the photographed men have said they were never involved in Epstein's illegal activity. In a statement issued alongside the photo publication, Democrats on the US House Oversight Committee noted the Epstein property holders did not supply background information or timeframes for the photographs. "Photos were chosen to furnish the American people with transparency into a representative sample of the images received from the estate, and to provide perspectives into Epstein's network and his profoundly alarming activities," the announcement says. Investigative Body The disclosure also includes a number of photos of excerpts from the Vladimir Nabokov book Lolita inscribed in black ink across various areas of a woman's body, such as her torso, lower extremity, hipbone, and rear. Lolita tells the account of a adolescent who was groomed by a middle-aged literature professor. An example of a excerpt from the book scrawled across a female's upper body says, "Lolita: the end of the tongue traveling of three steps down the mouth to tap, at three, on the teeth". Additionally, there are a number of images of women's travel documents and identification documents from countries worldwide, like Lithuania, Russia, the Czech Republic, and Ukraine. Investigative Body Most of the data on the documents, including names and dates of birth, is censored but the House Oversight Committee indicated in a press release that the passports belong to "women whom Jeffrey Epstein and his associates were engaging". Another photograph depicts Epstein sitting at a table closely surrounded by three individuals whose features have been obscured - one individual has her palm on Epstein's chest under his clothing, and another is leaning to examine a nearby laptop. Epstein seems to be aiding the third individual put on a wristband. Committee An additional photo made public is a image of SMS messages from an unknown individual who says they have been provided "a number of girls" and are demanding "$1000 per female". Photo Release Comes Prior to DOJ Cut-off The body has thousands of photos in its possession from the Epstein holdings, which are "simultaneously disturbing and everyday," its press release on this week clarified. The House Oversight Committee first issued a subpoena to the estate of Epstein, who passed away in a New York correctional facility in 2019 while facing trial on charges of sex trafficking, in August. The images and documents the Epstein property provided to the committee are distinct from what is largely referred to "the Epstein files". Those files are records in the justice department's custody related to its own investigation into Epstein. In accordance with the recently passed law, which Donald Trump enacted last month, the DOJ has until 19 December to disclose its documents. The extent of what is included in the DOJ's files is unknown, and it's expected that much of the information will be significantly obscured, akin to House Oversight Committee releases