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The Congressional oversight panel has released a set of around 70 photographs obtained from the property of former found guilty sexual predator Jeffrey Epstein.

This represents the latest in a series of disclosure from a larger collection of over 95,000 images the body has acquired from Epstein's estate. It contains images of quotes from the literary work Lolita written across a female's body, and obscured photos of female overseas passports.

This action comes hours before the December 19th deadline for the DOJ to make public all files connected to its inquiry into Epstein.

"These new photographs pose more inquiries about precisely what the Justice Department has in its possession," remarked the Democratic lead of the panel, Robert Garcia.

What's in the Photos Made Public

Some of the photos released on Thursday feature Epstein speaking with scholar and advocate Noam Chomsky on a personal aircraft; Bill Gates standing next to a individual whose face is censored; Steve Bannon positioned at a desk across from Epstein, and former Alphabet president Sergey Brin at a dinner gathering.

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These are the latest high-net-worth, prominent figures to be pictured in Epstein estate photographs published by the House Oversight Committee - earlier 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, counsel Alan Dershowitz, Andrew Mountbatton-Windsor, and additional individuals.

Appearing in the images is not proof of any wrongdoing, and many of the featured figures have asserted they were in no way involved in Epstein's unlawful actions.

In a statement released with the photo disclosure, Lawmakers on the US House Oversight Committee said the Epstein estate's representatives did not offer background information or dates for the images.

"Images were chosen to provide the American people with transparency into a representative sample of the images acquired from the holdings, and to give understanding into Epstein's circle and his profoundly disturbing actions," the release says.

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The publication also includes several photographs of passages from the Vladimir Nabokov book Lolita penned in ink across several locations of a woman's body, including her chest, feet, pelvis, and spine. Lolita recounts the tale of a young girl who was manipulated by a adult literature professor.

An example of a quote from the work scrawled across a female's upper body reads, "Lo-lee-ta: the point of the tongue taking a trip of three steps down the mouth to tap, at three, on the teeth".

There are also a series of photographs of female passports and official papers from countries worldwide, including Lithuania, Russia, the Czech Republic, and Ukraine.

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The majority of the data on the papers, such as names and dates of birth, is obscured but the committee said in a press release that the travel documents pertain to "women whom Jeffrey Epstein and his conspirators were involved with".

A further image features Epstein positioned at a table closely in the company of three individuals whose faces have been obscured - one individual has her palm on Epstein's upper body under his clothing, and a second is leaning to examine a nearby computer. Epstein appears to be assisting the final person put on a bracelet.

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Another image disclosed is a image of digital messages from an unidentified sender who claims they have been supplied "some girls" and are demanding "$one thousand dollars per girl".

Image Release Comes Ahead of DOJ Cut-off

The body has many thousands of photographs in its holdings from the Epstein estate, which are "simultaneously graphic and everyday," its statement on this week noted.

The oversight panel first subpoenaed the estate of Epstein, who was found dead in a New York correctional facility in 2019 while pending legal proceedings on allegations of human trafficking, in August.

The images and files the Epstein property submitted to the committee are separate from what is commonly termed "the Epstein documents". That material are records within the Department of Justice's custody related to its separate investigation into Epstein.

Pursuant to the Epstein Files Transparency Act, which President Trump signed into law last month, the DOJ has a deadline of 19 December to release its documents. The scope of what is found in the DOJ's records is unknown, and it's expected that a large amount of the information will be extensively obscured, similar to Congressional materials