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The Congressional oversight panel has released a set of roughly 70 photographs obtained from the property of late adjudicated sexual predator Jeffrey Epstein.

This constitutes the third publication from a tranche of over 95,000 photographs the committee has obtained from Epstein's estate. It contains pictures of excerpts from the book Lolita written across a woman's body, and obscured pictures of women's foreign passports.

This release occurs just hours before the December 19th cut-off for the DOJ to disclose every files related to its investigation into Epstein.

"These new images bring up more inquiries about exactly what the Department of Justice has in its possession," remarked the Democratic lead of the panel, Robert Garcia.

What's in the Photos Made Public

Some of the photographs made public on Thursday show Epstein speaking with academic and activist Noam Chomsky inside a personal aircraft; Bill Gates positioned alongside a woman whose features is obscured; Steve Bannon seated at a table across from Epstein, and former Alphabet president Sergey Brin at a dinner event.

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These are the latest wealthy, prominent men to be seen in Epstein's estate photos disclosed by the House Oversight Committee - earlier disclosed images also show US President Donald Trump and former president Bill Clinton, as well as director Woody Allen, ex- US Treasury Secretary Larry Summers, lawyer Alan Dershowitz, Andrew Mountbatton-Windsor, and others.

Being pictured in the photographs is does not constitute evidence of any illegal activity, and many of the featured men have stated they were not involved in Epstein's unlawful actions.

In a press release accompanying the photo disclosure, Democrats on the US House Oversight Committee noted the Epstein estate's representatives did not supply explanatory details or timeframes for the images.

"Photos were picked to furnish the general populace with openness into a illustrative selection of the photos acquired from the holdings, and to give understanding into Epstein's network and his extremely disturbing behavior," the statement states.

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The publication also includes a number of images of quotes from the Vladimir Nabokov novel Lolita penned in black ink across different parts of a female's body, like her upper body, feet, pelvis, and back. Lolita recounts the tale of a young girl who was manipulated by a middle-aged literature professor.

A particular excerpt from the book written across a woman's upper body reads, "Lo-lee-ta: the point of the tongue taking a trip of three steps down the palate to alight, at three, on the teeth".

The release also contains a number of images of female passports and official papers from countries worldwide, including Lithuania, Russia, the Czech Republic, and Ukraine.

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A large portion of the information on the documents, including identities and DOBs, is obscured but the panel stated in a announcement that the passports are associated with "women whom Jeffrey Epstein and his associates were engaging".

A further photograph shows Epstein positioned at a desk closely in the company of three women whose faces have been obscured - one individual has her hand on Epstein's upper body under his shirt, and a second is crouching to look at a close-by device. Epstein seems to be assisting the final person put on a bracelet.

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A further photo released is a screenshot of SMS messages from an unnamed individual who states they have been sent "a number of girls" and are asking for "$1000 per girl".

Image Disclosure Occurs Before DOJ Due Date

The committee has many thousands of photos in its possession from the Epstein estate, which are "both graphic and mundane," its statement on this week clarified.

The oversight panel first legally compelled the holdings of Epstein, who died in a New York prison in 2019 while pending legal proceedings on allegations of human trafficking, in August.

The photographs and documents the Epstein estate's representatives provided to the panel are distinct from what is commonly referred to "the Epstein files". Those are documents in the Department of Justice's control associated with its separate inquiry into Epstein.

In accordance with the recently passed law, which President Trump enacted in November, the DOJ has until 19 December to release its documents. The extent of what is contained in the DOJ's documents is unclear, and it's expected that much of the content will be significantly obscured, akin to the committee's releases