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The House Oversight Committee has published a set of roughly 70 images obtained from the property of deceased adjudicated sexual predator Jeffrey Epstein.

This marks the third release from a cache of over 95,000 photos the panel has obtained from Epstein's property. It includes pictures of excerpts from the literary work Lolita inscribed across a woman's body, and censored pictures of women's international passports.

This disclosure comes mere hours before the December 19th deadline for the Department of Justice to release every documents related to its investigation into Epstein.

"These latest images raise more inquiries about exactly what the Department of Justice has in its custody," remarked the Democratic lead of the committee, Robert Garcia.

What is in the Photos Disclosed

Some of the photographs released on recently feature Epstein in discussion with academic and activist Noam Chomsky aboard a private jet; Bill Gates positioned next to a female whose features is redacted; Steve Bannon seated at a desk opposite Epstein, and ex- Alphabet president Sergey Brin at a dinner gathering.

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These are the latest high-net-worth, powerful men to be photographed in Epstein property photographs released by the House Oversight Committee - formerly disclosed images also include US President Donald Trump and ex-president Bill Clinton, as well as movie director Woody Allen, ex- US Secretary of the Treasury Larry Summers, counsel Alan Dershowitz, Andrew Mountbatton-Windsor, and others.

Being pictured in the photographs is is not considered proof of any wrongdoing, and a number of the photographed individuals have asserted they were not involved in Epstein's unlawful actions.

In a announcement issued alongside the photo release, Democrats on the US House Oversight Committee said the Epstein property holders did not supply background information or timeframes for the pictures.

"Photographs were selected to offer the general populace with clarity into a illustrative selection of the photos obtained from the holdings, and to provide understanding into Epstein's network and his profoundly disturbing behavior," the announcement states.

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The publication also contains a number of photographs of passages from the Vladimir Nabokov book Lolita written in ink across several locations of a woman's body, including her chest, feet, hipbone, and rear. Lolita recounts the story of a minor who was manipulated by a older literature professor.

A particular quote from the novel inscribed across a woman's chest states, "Lo-lee-ta: the tip of the tongue traveling of three steps down the mouth to tap, at three, on the teeth".

Additionally, there are a number of images of female passports and identification documents from countries globally, like Lithuania, Russia, the Czech Republic, and Ukraine.

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Most of the information on the IDs, such as names and DOBs, is redacted but the panel indicated in a press release that the passports are associated with "women whom Jeffrey Epstein and his co-conspirators were interacting with".

Another photograph shows Epstein positioned at a desk closely surrounded by three female figures whose identities have been obscured - one individual has her hand on Epstein's chest under his garment, and a second is crouching to view a nearby device. Epstein seems to be assisting the final person attach a bracelet.

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A further image made public is a image of digital messages from an unknown sender who says they have been provided "several females" and are asking for "$one thousand dollars per girl".

Image Release Comes Prior to DOJ Cut-off

The committee has thousands of photographs in its custody from the Epstein holdings, which are "at once explicit and mundane," its announcement on this week noted.

The Congressional committee first legally compelled the holdings of Epstein, who passed away in a New York correctional facility in 2019 while awaiting trial on accusations of sex trafficking crimes, in August.

The photographs and documents the Epstein property gave to the panel are separate from what is often termed "Epstein-related records". Those are papers within the DOJ's custody associated with its separate investigation into Epstein.

Pursuant to the recently passed law, which President Trump enacted recently, the DOJ has until the date of 19 December to publish its records. The extent of what is included in the DOJ's files is unknown, and it's probable that a large amount of the material will be extensively censored, similar to Congressional documents