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The Congressional oversight panel has released a set of roughly 70 images secured from the holdings of late found guilty sexual predator Jeffrey Epstein.

This marks the third publication from a cache of over 95,000 photos the panel has secured from Epstein's holdings. It features pictures of excerpts from the novel Lolita inscribed across a woman's body, and censored images of female overseas passports.

This disclosure comes mere hours before the 19 December deadline for the DOJ to make public all records related to its inquiry into Epstein.

"These photographs pose more questions about exactly what the DOJ has in its holdings," stated the ranking member of the committee, Robert Garcia.

What is in the Photos Released

Some of the photos made public on recently show Epstein speaking with scholar and advocate Noam Chomsky aboard a private jet; Bill Gates seen alongside a woman whose face is obscured; Steve Bannon positioned at a workstation facing Epstein, and previous Alphabet president Sergey Brin at a dinner gathering.

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These are the most recent affluent, influential men to be pictured in Epstein estate photographs released by the oversight panel - earlier released photos also depict US President Donald Trump and past president Bill Clinton, as well as film director Woody Allen, previous US Secretary of the Treasury Larry Summers, attorney Alan Dershowitz, Andrew Mountbatton-Windsor, and others.

Showing up in the photographs is is not considered proof of any illegal activity, and several of the pictured figures have stated they were never participating in Epstein's criminal activity.

In a statement accompanying the photo release, Democrats on the US House Oversight Committee said the Epstein estate's representatives did not provide background information or timeframes for the images.

"Photographs were chosen to provide the public with clarity into a typical cross-section of the photographs obtained from the estate, and to give understanding into Epstein's circle and his extremely disturbing actions," the statement reads.

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The publication also features multiple photographs of passages from the Vladimir Nabokov book Lolita penned in ink across various areas of a female's body, such as her chest, foot, hipbone, and back. Lolita tells the account of a young girl who was manipulated by a middle-aged literature professor.

An example of a quote from the work written across a female's upper body states, "Lolita: the point of the tongue taking a trip of three steps down the mouth to alight, at three, on the teeth".

The release also contains a collection of images of women's identification and official papers from countries worldwide, such as Lithuania, Russia, the Czech Republic, and Ukraine.

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The majority of the data on the IDs, including identities and dates of birth, is redacted but the House Oversight Committee indicated in a press release that the passports are associated with "women whom Jeffrey Epstein and his co-conspirators were engaging".

An additional photograph shows Epstein sitting at a table in close proximity in the company of three female figures whose faces have been obscured - one has her hand on Epstein's upper body under his clothing, and another individual is crouching to examine a close-by laptop. Epstein seems to be aiding the third fasten a piece of jewelry.

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An additional photograph made public is a screenshot of digital messages from an unnamed sender who says they have been provided "a number of girls" and are requesting "$1000 per female".

Image Release Comes Ahead of DOJ Due Date

The panel has thousands of photos in its possession from the Epstein property, which are "simultaneously explicit and everyday," its press release on recently explained.

The House Oversight Committee first issued a subpoena to the holdings of Epstein, who was found dead in a New York correctional facility in 2019 while pending legal proceedings on accusations of human trafficking, in August.

The images and documents the Epstein estate gave to the committee are different than what is largely called "Epstein-related records". That material are documents within the DOJ's control connected to its own probe into Epstein.

Pursuant to the Transparency Act, which President Trump made law recently, the DOJ has until the date of 19 December to release its files. The full nature of what is found in the DOJ's records is unknown, and it's likely that a large amount of the material will be significantly redacted, similar to House Oversight Committee materials