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The House Oversight Committee has released a collection of around 70 photos obtained from the property of deceased convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

This marks the third disclosure from a tranche of in excess of 95,000 photographs the committee has secured from Epstein's property. It contains photographs of quotes from the book Lolita written across a woman's body, and obscured pictures of female foreign passports.

This release occurs mere hours before the 19th of December due date for the Department of Justice to disclose each records associated with its inquiry into Epstein.

"These new images bring up additional inquiries about precisely what the DOJ has in its custody," stated the ranking member of the panel, Robert Garcia.

What's in the Images Made Public

A number of the images made public on this week depict Epstein in discussion with professor and activist Noam Chomsky on a personal aircraft; Bill Gates standing next to a individual whose features is obscured; Steve Bannon seated at a table opposite Epstein, and previous Alphabet president Sergey Brin at a dinner gathering.

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These are the most recent wealthy, prominent figures to be photographed in Epstein estate photographs released by the House Oversight Committee - previously disclosed photos also include US President Donald Trump and former president Bill Clinton, as well as director Woody Allen, previous US treasury secretary Larry Summers, attorney Alan Dershowitz, Andrew Mountbatton-Windsor, and additional individuals.

Being pictured in the photos is not proof of any misconduct, and a number of the photographed men have stated they were in no way implicated in Epstein's criminal activity.

In a press release released with the photo release, Democratic members on the US House Oversight Committee noted the Epstein estate's representatives did not supply explanatory details or timings for the photographs.

"Photographs were chosen to furnish the public with openness into a representative sample of the photographs obtained from the property, and to give perspectives into Epstein's circle and his extremely troubling activities," the statement says.

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The publication also includes a number of images of quotes from the Vladimir Nabokov book Lolita inscribed in ink across different parts of a woman's body, including her chest, foot, hipbone, and back. Lolita tells the story of a minor who was exploited by a adult literature professor.

A particular quote from the book inscribed across a female's chest says, "Lolita: the point of the tongue traveling of three steps down the roof of the mouth to tap, at three, on the teeth".

The release also contains a number of photos of female travel documents and official papers from states around the world, including Lithuania, Russia, the Czech Republic, and Ukraine.

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The majority of the information on the IDs, including names and DOBs, is redacted but the panel stated in a announcement that the travel documents pertain to "females whom Jeffrey Epstein and his associates were involved with".

An additional image shows Epstein sitting at a workstation closely surrounded by three women whose features have been censored - one individual has her palm on Epstein's chest under his garment, and another individual is bending to look at a nearby computer. Epstein can be seen to be helping the final person fasten a bracelet.

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An additional image made public is a screenshot of SMS messages from an unidentified sender who says they have been sent "several females" and are requesting "$one thousand dollars per female".

Photo Publication Comes Before DOJ Cut-off

The body has a vast number of images in its holdings from the Epstein holdings, which are "both explicit and everyday," its announcement on recently noted.

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

The images and documents the Epstein estate gave to the panel are separate from what is largely termed "the Epstein documents". Those are records under the justice department's possession related to its independent investigation into Epstein.

Under the Transparency Act, which the President signed into law recently, the DOJ has until the date of 19 December to release its files. The extent of what's contained in the DOJ's records is unknown, and it's likely that a significant portion of the content will be significantly redacted, comparable to Congressional materials