Democrats on the U.S. House Oversight Committee have released another batch of photographs from the estate of disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein, a day before the Justice Department is due to publish the full “Epstein files” under the Epstein Files Transparency Act.
The 68 new images include heavily redacted passports, site plans of Epstein’s Caribbean islands, text messages referring to the recruitment of women, and photographs showing Epstein with high-profile figures such as Microsoft founder Bill Gates, linguist Noam Chomsky, and former Trump adviser Steve Bannon.
House Democrats emphasised that the photographs are provided without context and that appearing in the images does not imply wrongdoing. “Oversight Democrats will continue to release photographs and documents from the Epstein estate to provide transparency for the American people,” said Rep. Robert Garcia (D-Calif.), the committee’s ranking member.
Among the released images are:
Republicans on the committee have criticised the Democrats for “cherry-picking photos and making targeted redactions,” suggesting the releases could misrepresent the facts.
The Justice Department is now under pressure to release the complete files by 19 December 2025, as mandated by Congress, though some redactions may be permitted to protect victims and ongoing investigations.
Epstein, who died in U.S. custody in 2019, was convicted in 2006 of soliciting a minor and has been accused of recruiting women internationally. The forthcoming DOJ files could include hundreds of thousands of pages related to investigations into his activities and those of his associates.
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