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The Congressional oversight panel has published a set of roughly 70 photographs from the estate of late convicted sexual predator Jeffrey Epstein.

This represents the third such release from a larger collection of over 95,000 photos the panel has secured from Epstein's holdings. It contains pictures of passages from the novel Lolita inscribed across a woman's body, and redacted photos of female foreign passports.

This action comes just hours before the December 19th cut-off for the Department of Justice to disclose every documents related to its investigation into Epstein.

"These new images pose further inquiries about precisely what the Justice Department has in its holdings," remarked the Democratic lead of the panel, Robert Garcia.

What is in the Photographs Released

Several of the images published on Thursday feature Epstein conversing with scholar and advocate Noam Chomsky on a private plane; Bill Gates positioned next to a female whose features is censored; Steve Bannon positioned at a desk opposite Epstein, and previous Alphabet president Sergey Brin at a dinner gathering.

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These are the latest high-net-worth, prominent men to be photographed in Epstein property photos disclosed by the House Oversight Committee - formerly published images also include US President Donald Trump and past president Bill Clinton, as well as movie director Woody Allen, previous US Treasury Secretary Larry Summers, lawyer Alan Dershowitz, Andrew Mountbatton-Windsor, and additional individuals.

Appearing in the images is not indication of any illegal activity, and a number of the photographed figures 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 stated the Epstein estate did not offer explanatory details or dates for the pictures.

"Photographs were picked to offer the American people with openness into a illustrative selection of the photos acquired from the holdings, and to offer insights into Epstein's network and his exceptionally alarming behavior," the announcement says.

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The publication also contains several photos of excerpts from the Vladimir Nabokov book Lolita inscribed in ink across several locations of a woman's body, such as her upper body, feet, pelvis, and rear. Lolita narrates the tale of a young girl who was groomed by a older literature professor.

A particular passage from the work inscribed across a female's chest reads, "Lolita's name: the tip of the tongue taking a trip of three steps down the mouth to land, at three, on the teeth".

The release also contains a number of photographs of women's travel documents and identification documents from states around the world, like Lithuania, Russia, the Czech Republic, and Ukraine.

Investigative Body

The majority of the information on the IDs, like identities and DOBs, is redacted but the committee indicated in a announcement that the passports belong to "women whom Jeffrey Epstein and his associates were involved with".

A further image depicts Epstein sitting at a desk closely surrounded by three women whose faces have been obscured - one has her palm on Epstein's chest under his clothing, and a second is leaning to view a close-by laptop. Epstein seems to be helping the final person attach a bracelet.

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An additional image disclosed is a image of digital messages from an unnamed individual who states they have been sent "several females" and are demanding "$1000 for each individual".

Photograph Disclosure Arrives Ahead of DOJ Due Date

The panel has thousands of photographs in its custody from the Epstein estate, which are "both explicit and everyday," its press release on Thursday explained.

The House Oversight Committee first subpoenaed the holdings of Epstein, who died in a New York jail in 2019 while pending legal proceedings on charges of human trafficking, in August.

The photographs and files the Epstein estate provided to the panel are different than what is largely termed "the Epstein documents". That material are documents under the Department of Justice's custody related to its independent inquiry into Epstein.

Under the Epstein Files Transparency Act, which the President enacted last month, the DOJ has a deadline of 19 December to disclose its documents. The full nature of what is included in the DOJ's files is unknown, and it's likely that much of the material will be heavily redacted, akin to Congressional releases