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The Congressional oversight panel has made public a batch of around 70 images secured from the holdings of late found guilty sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

This represents the third such disclosure from a tranche of over 95,000 images the panel has secured from Epstein's holdings. It contains photographs of quotes from the book Lolita written across a female's body, and redacted images of women's overseas passports.

This release comes hours before the December 19th due date for the DOJ to make public every documents related to its investigation into Epstein.

"These new images pose more inquiries about what exactly the DOJ has in its custody," stated the senior Democrat of the committee, Robert Garcia.

What is in the Photos Made Public

Some of the photos released on this week depict Epstein in discussion with academic and activist Noam Chomsky on a private plane; Bill Gates seen next to a individual whose identity is obscured; Steve Bannon positioned at a workstation facing Epstein, and previous Alphabet president Sergey Brin at a evening meal.

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These are the latest high-net-worth, influential individuals to be photographed in Epstein estate photos published by the oversight panel - earlier released images also include US President Donald Trump and past president Bill Clinton, as well as director Woody Allen, previous US Treasury Secretary Larry Summers, counsel Alan Dershowitz, Andrew Mountbatton-Windsor, and other figures.

Appearing in the images is not indication of any misconduct, and a number of the featured men have said they were not involved in Epstein's unlawful actions.

In a press release released with the image disclosure, Lawmakers on the US House Oversight Committee noted the Epstein estate's representatives did not provide context or timeframes for the photographs.

"Images were picked to offer the public with transparency into a illustrative selection of the images acquired from the holdings, and to offer perspectives into Epstein's circle and his extremely disturbing actions," the announcement reads.

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The disclosure also contains multiple images of excerpts from the Vladimir Nabokov book Lolita written in black ink across various areas of a female's body, such as her torso, lower extremity, hip, and back. Lolita recounts the tale of a adolescent who was groomed by a older literature professor.

A particular excerpt from the novel scrawled across a woman's torso reads, "Lolita's name: the tip of the tongue traveling of three steps down the palate to alight, at three, on the teeth".

The release also contains a number of photographs of female travel documents and ID papers from states around the world, including Lithuania, Russia, the Czech Republic, and Ukraine.

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Most of the information on the documents, like names and DOBs, is redacted but the committee stated in a press release that the travel documents pertain to "women whom Jeffrey Epstein and his co-conspirators were involved with".

A further image depicts Epstein seated at a workstation intimately surrounded by three female figures whose features have been censored - one has her palm on Epstein's chest under his shirt, and another is bending to view a nearby computer. Epstein can be seen to be aiding the third individual put on a wristband.

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A further photograph released is a capture of digital messages from an unnamed individual who states they have been provided "a number of girls" and are demanding "$$1,000 for each individual".

Photograph Disclosure Arrives Ahead of DOJ Due Date

The committee has thousands of images in its custody from the Epstein property, which are "simultaneously explicit and mundane," its press release on this week explained.

The oversight panel first subpoenaed the holdings of Epstein, who passed away in a New York correctional facility in 2019 while awaiting trial on allegations of sex trafficking, in August.

The photos and records the Epstein property submitted to the committee are different than what is commonly termed "the Epstein files". Those files are documents in the justice department's possession related to its separate investigation into Epstein.

Under the recently passed law, which President Trump made law recently, the DOJ has until 19 December to disclose its files. The full nature of what's contained in the DOJ's files is not publicly known, and it's expected that a significant portion of the material will be significantly redacted, akin to House Oversight Committee materials