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The Congressional oversight panel has made public a set of approximately 70 photos obtained from the property of former found guilty sexual predator Jeffrey Epstein.

This represents the latest in a series of publication from a cache of in excess of 95,000 photographs the body has secured from Epstein's property. It includes images of quotes from the novel Lolita written across a female's body, and obscured photos of women's foreign passports.

This release arrives mere hours before the December 19th deadline for the Justice Department to release every records related to its probe into Epstein.

"These latest photographs pose more queries about precisely what the Justice Department has in its holdings," said the senior Democrat of the panel, Robert Garcia.

What's in the Images Disclosed

Some of the images published on Thursday show Epstein in discussion with scholar and advocate Noam Chomsky inside a private plane; Bill Gates seen beside a woman whose features is obscured; Steve Bannon sitting at a desk facing Epstein, and ex- Alphabet president Sergey Brin at a evening meal.

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These are the latest high-net-worth, influential men to be seen in Epstein's estate photographs released by the oversight panel - formerly released images also include US President Donald Trump and ex-president Bill Clinton, as well as director Woody Allen, previous US treasury secretary Larry Summers, attorney Alan Dershowitz, Andrew Mountbatton-Windsor, and others.

Being pictured in the photographs is is not considered indication of any misconduct, and a number of the pictured individuals have asserted they were never involved in Epstein's criminal activity.

In a statement issued alongside the image publication, Democratic members on the US House Oversight Committee said the Epstein estate did not supply explanatory details or dates for the photographs.

"Photos were picked to provide the general populace with clarity into a representative sample of the images received from the estate, and to give perspectives into Epstein's network and his exceptionally alarming actions," the announcement says.

Investigative Body

The disclosure also features a number of photos of excerpts from the Vladimir Nabokov literary work Lolita inscribed in dark ink across various areas of a female's body, like her upper body, lower extremity, pelvis, and spine. Lolita recounts the account of a adolescent who was exploited by a older literature professor.

One passage from the book scrawled across a woman's torso states, "Lolita: the tip of the tongue making a journey of three steps down the mouth to alight, at three, on the teeth".

There are also a number of images of female identification and official papers from nations around the world, like Lithuania, Russia, the Czech Republic, and Ukraine.

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Most of the data on the IDs, such as identities and dates of birth, is redacted but the House Oversight Committee said in a announcement that the passports belong to "individuals whom Jeffrey Epstein and his conspirators were involved with".

A further photo depicts Epstein sitting at a desk intimately flanked by three women whose features have been redacted - one has her palm on Epstein's upper body under his shirt, and another is bending to view a close-by computer. Epstein seems to be helping the third put on a bracelet.

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A further photograph disclosed is a screenshot of SMS messages from an unknown individual who says they have been supplied "several females" and are asking for "$1000 per girl".

Photo Publication Comes Prior to DOJ Cut-off

The body has many thousands of images in its possession from the Epstein holdings, which are "simultaneously explicit and mundane," its statement on this week clarified.

The House Oversight Committee first legally compelled the holdings of Epstein, who passed away in a New York correctional facility in 2019 while facing trial on charges of sex trafficking, in August.

The photographs and records the Epstein property provided to the committee are different than what is largely termed "Epstein-related records". That material are papers within the Department of Justice's custody connected to its separate probe into Epstein.

Under the Transparency Act, which President Trump made law last month, the DOJ has until 19 December to disclose its records. The extent of what's included in the DOJ's documents is unclear, and it's likely that a significant portion of the information will be extensively censored, comparable to House Oversight Committee documents