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

This marks the third such disclosure from a cache of over 95,000 images the committee has acquired from Epstein's holdings. It includes photographs of passages from the novel Lolita written across a woman's body, and redacted photos of female foreign passports.

This disclosure comes mere hours before the December 19th due date for the Justice Department to make public all documents associated with its investigation into Epstein.

"These photos bring up more questions about exactly what the Department of Justice has in its custody," remarked the ranking member of the committee, Robert Garcia.

What's in the Photos Disclosed

Some of the images released on this week feature Epstein in discussion with scholar and advocate Noam Chomsky aboard a private plane; Bill Gates positioned next to a individual whose face is redacted; Steve Bannon positioned at a table opposite Epstein, and former Alphabet president Sergey Brin at a dinner event.

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These are the most recent high-net-worth, prominent figures to be photographed in Epstein property photos released by the committee - previously disclosed photos also depict US President Donald Trump and past president Bill Clinton, as well as director Woody Allen, ex- US treasury secretary Larry Summers, attorney Alan Dershowitz, Andrew Mountbatton-Windsor, and other figures.

Being pictured in the photos is is not considered proof of any misconduct, and several of the pictured figures have asserted they were never involved in Epstein's criminal activity.

In a press release accompanying the image release, Democratic members on the US House Oversight Committee noted the Epstein estate did not offer explanatory details or timings for the images.

"Photos were selected to offer the general populace with transparency into a typical cross-section of the photographs obtained from the holdings, and to offer understanding into Epstein's circle and his extremely alarming actions," the announcement says.

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The publication also contains multiple photos of passages from the Vladimir Nabokov book Lolita written in black ink across different parts of a female's body, like her torso, lower extremity, hip, and back. Lolita narrates the account of a young girl who was exploited by a middle-aged literature professor.

An example of a passage from the novel written across a woman's upper body states, "Lolita: the point of the tongue traveling of three steps down the mouth to tap, at three, on the teeth".

There are also a number of photographs of female identification and official papers from states worldwide, including Lithuania, Russia, the Czech Republic, and Ukraine.

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A large portion of the details on the IDs, including identities and DOBs, is censored but the panel stated in a statement that the travel documents pertain to "individuals whom Jeffrey Epstein and his conspirators were involved with".

A further image shows Epstein seated at a table closely flanked by three female figures whose faces have been censored - one individual has her palm on Epstein's chest under his shirt, and another is leaning to look at a adjacent device. Epstein appears to be aiding the final person fasten a wristband.

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An additional image made public is a capture of SMS messages from an unidentified person who claims they have been supplied "some girls" and are requesting "$1000 per girl".

Photo Disclosure Arrives Ahead of DOJ Due Date

The body has many thousands of photographs in its custody from the Epstein holdings, which are "both explicit and everyday," its statement on this week explained.

The Congressional committee first issued a subpoena to the property of Epstein, who passed away in a New York jail in 2019 while awaiting trial on charges of human trafficking, in August.

The photos and records the Epstein estate's representatives provided to the panel are different than what is often referred to "the Epstein documents". Those are papers within the DOJ's custody connected to its independent investigation into Epstein.

Pursuant to the Epstein Files Transparency Act, which Donald Trump signed into law in November, the DOJ has a deadline of 19 December to disclose its files. The full nature of what is included in the DOJ's documents is unknown, and it's likely that much of the material will be significantly censored, akin to the committee's documents