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The House investigative committee has published a set of approximately 70 images obtained from the property of deceased convicted sexual predator Jeffrey Epstein.

This constitutes the third disclosure from a larger collection of in excess of 95,000 photos the body has secured from Epstein's estate. It features images of quotes from the literary work Lolita inscribed across a female's body, and censored pictures of women's overseas passports.

This release comes hours before the December 19th cut-off for the Justice Department to disclose each records connected to its inquiry into Epstein.

"These new photos raise more queries about exactly what the Justice Department has in its custody," stated the senior Democrat of the panel, Robert Garcia.

What is in the Images Made Public

Several of the images released on recently feature Epstein speaking with academic and activist Noam Chomsky aboard a private plane; Bill Gates standing beside a woman whose face is redacted; Steve Bannon seated at a workstation opposite Epstein, and previous Alphabet president Sergey Brin at a dinner event.

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These are the latest high-net-worth, influential men to be pictured in Epstein's estate photographs published by the committee - earlier disclosed photos also depict US President Donald Trump and ex-president Bill Clinton, as well as movie director Woody Allen, previous US Treasury Secretary Larry Summers, attorney Alan Dershowitz, Andrew Mountbatton-Windsor, and additional individuals.

Appearing in the photos is not indication of any illegal activity, and many of the pictured figures have said they were in no way participating in Epstein's illegal activity.

In a press release accompanying the image release, Democratic members on the US House Oversight Committee noted the Epstein estate did not provide explanatory details or timeframes for the pictures.

"Photos were chosen to furnish the public with clarity into a representative sample of the images received from the estate, and to give understanding into Epstein's network and his exceptionally alarming behavior," the statement states.

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The release also includes a number of photos of quotes from the Vladimir Nabokov literary work Lolita penned in ink across various areas of a woman's body, like her upper body, foot, pelvis, and spine. Lolita recounts the story of a adolescent who was groomed by a adult literature professor.

An example of a quote from the book inscribed across a woman's upper body states, "Lolita: the end of the tongue making a journey of three steps down the palate to land, at three, on the teeth".

The release also contains a number of images of female passports and ID papers from nations around the world, like Lithuania, Russia, the Czech Republic, and Ukraine.

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The majority of the information on the documents, such as names and DOBs, is obscured but the panel indicated in a press release that the travel documents belong to "individuals whom Jeffrey Epstein and his associates were engaging".

Another photograph depicts Epstein positioned at a desk intimately in the company of three individuals whose faces have been obscured - one individual has her palm on Epstein's chest under his garment, and a second is crouching to examine a close-by device. Epstein can be seen to be helping the final person attach a bracelet.

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A further photograph released is a image of text messages from an unnamed individual who says they have been supplied "several females" and are requesting "$1000 for each individual".

Image Publication Occurs Ahead of DOJ Cut-off

The panel has a vast number of images in its custody from the Epstein holdings, which are "at once disturbing and mundane," its statement on this week explained.

The oversight panel first subpoenaed the property of Epstein, who died in a New York correctional facility in 2019 while awaiting trial on accusations of sex trafficking, in August.

The photographs and records the Epstein property gave to the body are different than what is often called "the Epstein files". That material are documents under the DOJ's custody related to its separate inquiry into Epstein.

Under the recently passed law, which President Trump enacted last month, the DOJ has until 19 December to release its files. The scope of what's found in the DOJ's files is unknown, and it's likely that a large amount of the content will be extensively obscured, similar to House Oversight Committee materials