Congressional Democrats have released dozens of new images from Jeffrey Epstein’s estate, increasing pressure on the US Justice Department a day before it is required by law to publish unclassified files from its investigation into the late financier.
The photographs form part of a large archive obtained from Epstein’s estate and provided to the House Oversight Committee. Democrats say the material is intended to offer transparency about Epstein’s activities and his network, while emphasising that the appearance of individuals in the images does not indicate wrongdoing.
The latest release includes photographs showing passages from Lolita — a novel about a man’s obsession with a 12-year-old girl — written in black ink across a woman’s body.
Other images show redacted identification documents belonging to women from several countries, including Russia, Morocco, Italy, Ukraine and South Africa. One photograph shows a late-night text exchange discussing the sending of young women in return for payment.
In total, 68 images were made public on Thursday. They are part of a collection of about 95,000 photographs from Epstein’s estate handed to the committee.
Last week, Democrats released 19 images, some of which featured now-President Donald Trump. Mr Trump dismissed those images as “no big deal”.
Several prominent figures appear in the newly released photographs, including Microsoft founder Bill Gates, academic and political activist Noam Chomsky and former Trump adviser Steve Bannon.
Representatives for those named did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
Oversight Committee Democrats said the images were selected to provide a representative sample of the material and to illustrate what they described as Epstein’s “extremely disturbing activities”. They said thousands of additional images remain under review.
The release comes as the Justice Department faces a deadline under the Epstein Files Transparency Act to make public unclassified records from its investigation.
Robert Garcia, the committee’s top Democrat, said the images raised further questions about what the department holds and renewed calls for the immediate release of the files.
The White House denied allegations of a cover-up. In a statement, spokeswoman Abigail Jackson said President Trump had consistently called for transparency on the Epstein files and that his administration had delivered, adding that the latest release did not alter that position.
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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.
U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday responded to the release of new photographs from the estate of Jeffrey Epstein. Trump said he had not seen the photos but downplayed their significance, stating that the images were “no big deal.”
A new batch of photographs from Jeffrey Epstein’s estate has been released by the House Oversight Committee, shedding light on the financier’s connections with prominent political, business and cultural figures.
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