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The Congressional oversight panel has made public a set of roughly 70 photos obtained from the property of deceased adjudicated sexual predator Jeffrey Epstein.

This represents the third such disclosure from a cache of in excess of 95,000 images the body has obtained from Epstein's holdings. It features photographs of passages from the book Lolita inscribed across a female's body, and censored photos of female international passports.

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

"These latest photographs bring up additional inquiries about exactly what the DOJ has in its holdings," stated the Democratic lead of the panel, Robert Garcia.

Contents in the Images Made Public

Several of the images published on Thursday feature Epstein conversing with scholar and advocate Noam Chomsky inside a private jet; Bill Gates standing next to a woman whose face is obscured; Steve Bannon positioned at a workstation facing Epstein, and former Alphabet president Sergey Brin at a evening meal.

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These are the most recent wealthy, influential individuals to be seen in Epstein property photographs released by the oversight panel - formerly published pictures also depict US President Donald Trump and ex-president Bill Clinton, as well as film director Woody Allen, ex- US Treasury Secretary Larry Summers, lawyer Alan Dershowitz, Andrew Mountbatton-Windsor, and additional individuals.

Being pictured in the photos is not indication of any wrongdoing, and a number of the pictured individuals have said they were never implicated in Epstein's criminal activity.

In a statement accompanying the image disclosure, Democrats on the US House Oversight Committee noted the Epstein estate did not provide context or timings for the photographs.

"Photos were chosen to provide the general populace with transparency into a illustrative selection of the photos received from the holdings, and to provide insights into Epstein's network and his profoundly disturbing activities," the statement reads.

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The publication also features a number of photos of excerpts from the Vladimir Nabokov book Lolita written in black ink across different parts of a female's body, like her torso, lower extremity, pelvis, and spine. Lolita tells the story of a minor who was exploited by a older literature professor.

A particular quote from the work scrawled across a female's torso reads, "Lolita: the tip of the tongue making a journey of three steps down the roof of the mouth to tap, at three, on the teeth".

Additionally, there are a number of photographs of female passports and identification documents from countries around the world, including Lithuania, Russia, the Czech Republic, and Ukraine.

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Most of the details on the papers, including names and DOBs, is censored but the House Oversight Committee said in a statement that the travel documents belong to "women whom Jeffrey Epstein and his conspirators were involved with".

An additional image shows Epstein seated at a desk intimately in the company of three women whose identities have been censored - one individual has her hand on Epstein's upper body under his clothing, and a second is bending to view a close-by device. Epstein seems to be helping the final person put on a piece of jewelry.

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An additional photo released is a screenshot of digital messages from an unnamed sender who says they have been supplied "several females" and are requesting "$one thousand dollars for each individual".

Photograph Release Occurs Ahead of DOJ Deadline

The body has thousands of images in its holdings from the Epstein property, which are "simultaneously graphic and everyday," its announcement on recently noted.

The House Oversight Committee first subpoenaed the estate of Epstein, who was found dead in a New York correctional facility in 2019 while facing trial on allegations of sex trafficking, in August.

The photos and records the Epstein property submitted to the committee are distinct from what is often called "the Epstein files". Those files are documents in the DOJ's custody associated with its independent probe into Epstein.

Pursuant to the Epstein Files Transparency Act, which Donald Trump enacted last month, the DOJ has a deadline of 19 December to disclose its files. The extent of what's included in the DOJ's records is not publicly known, and it's expected that a large amount of the information will be extensively obscured, akin to Congressional documents