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The Congressional oversight panel has released a set of approximately 70 images secured from the holdings of former adjudicated sexual predator Jeffrey Epstein.

This represents the third such publication from a tranche of in excess of 95,000 images the panel has secured from Epstein's property. It features photographs of excerpts from the novel Lolita inscribed across a female's body, and obscured photos of women's foreign passports.

This release occurs mere hours before the 19 December due date for the Department of Justice to disclose all records connected to its investigation into Epstein.

"These photographs raise more inquiries about what exactly the Department of Justice has in its custody," stated the senior Democrat of the committee, Robert Garcia.

What's in the Images Released

A number of the images released on this week feature Epstein conversing with academic and activist Noam Chomsky aboard a private jet; Bill Gates positioned next to a female whose features is censored; Steve Bannon sitting at a workstation across from Epstein, and former Alphabet president Sergey Brin at a dinner event.

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These are the newest affluent, powerful individuals to be photographed in Epstein property images disclosed by the committee - formerly disclosed pictures also show US President Donald Trump and former president Bill Clinton, as well as movie director Woody Allen, previous US treasury secretary Larry Summers, counsel Alan Dershowitz, Andrew Mountbatton-Windsor, and others.

Appearing in the photographs is is not considered evidence of any wrongdoing, and several of the featured individuals have stated they were not involved in Epstein's criminal activity.

In a announcement accompanying the photo publication, Democrats on the US House Oversight Committee said the Epstein estate's representatives did not offer context or timeframes for the pictures.

"Photos were selected to offer the American people with transparency into a representative sample of the photos acquired from the estate, and to provide perspectives into Epstein's circle and his profoundly alarming activities," the statement says.

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The publication also includes several images of quotes from the Vladimir Nabokov novel Lolita written in dark ink across various areas of a woman's body, including her chest, feet, pelvis, and spine. Lolita recounts the account of a adolescent who was exploited by a older literature professor.

An example of a excerpt from the book written across a female's chest reads, "Lolita's name: the tip of the tongue taking a trip of three steps down the roof of the mouth to alight, at three, on the teeth".

The release also contains a number of photographs of female travel documents and identification documents from countries worldwide, including Lithuania, Russia, the Czech Republic, and Ukraine.

Investigative Body

Most of the information on the IDs, including identities and birth dates, is obscured but the committee stated in a press release that the travel documents belong to "females whom Jeffrey Epstein and his conspirators were involved with".

A further photograph depicts Epstein sitting at a table intimately in the company of three women whose features have been obscured - one has her hand on Epstein's chest under his garment, and a second is leaning to look at a close-by laptop. Epstein can be seen to be assisting the third put on a wristband.

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Another photograph made public is a image of text messages from an unknown person who claims they have been provided "several females" and are demanding "$$1,000 per girl".

Photograph Publication Comes Before DOJ Cut-off

The panel has a vast number of photos in its custody from the Epstein estate, which are "both graphic and everyday," its announcement on this week explained.

The oversight panel first subpoenaed the property of Epstein, who was found dead in a New York jail in 2019 while pending legal proceedings on charges of sex trafficking crimes, in August.

The images and files the Epstein property gave to the body are distinct from what is often referred to "the Epstein documents". Those are documents within the Department of Justice's control associated with its separate investigation into Epstein.

Pursuant to the Transparency Act, which President Trump signed into law in November, the DOJ has until 19 December to disclose its documents. The extent of the contents found in the DOJ's documents is not publicly known, and it's expected that a significant portion of the content will be significantly censored, akin to the committee's releases