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The Congressional oversight panel has published a set of approximately 70 images obtained from the property of deceased found guilty sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

This marks the third release from a tranche of over 95,000 photographs the committee has acquired from Epstein's holdings. It features pictures of excerpts from the book Lolita written across a female's body, and redacted images of female foreign passports.

This release occurs just hours before the 19 December deadline for the DOJ to release all files related to its investigation into Epstein.

"These images pose further queries about precisely what the DOJ has in its possession," stated the Democratic lead of the panel, Robert Garcia.

What is in the Photos Made Public

A number of the photos published on Thursday show Epstein conversing with scholar and advocate Noam Chomsky aboard a private jet; Bill Gates seen beside a woman whose face is censored; Steve Bannon positioned at a workstation facing Epstein, and ex- Alphabet president Sergey Brin at a dinner event.

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These are the latest high-net-worth, prominent figures to be seen in Epstein's estate images disclosed by the committee - formerly published images also show US President Donald Trump and ex-president Bill Clinton, as well as director Woody Allen, ex- US Treasury Secretary Larry Summers, lawyer Alan Dershowitz, Andrew Mountbatton-Windsor, and others.

Appearing in the photos is does not constitute proof of any wrongdoing, and many of the pictured individuals have stated they were in no way involved in Epstein's illegal activity.

In a press release released with the photograph publication, Lawmakers on the US House Oversight Committee noted the Epstein estate's representatives did not provide context or timings for the pictures.

"Photos were selected to provide the public with clarity into a illustrative selection of the photos acquired from the holdings, and to give insights into Epstein's associates and his exceptionally disturbing behavior," the announcement states.

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The disclosure also includes several photographs of quotes from the Vladimir Nabokov literary work Lolita inscribed in dark ink across different parts of a female's body, including her chest, lower extremity, hip, and rear. Lolita recounts the tale of a minor who was groomed by a older literature professor.

A particular excerpt from the novel inscribed across a female's torso reads, "Lolita: the end of the tongue making a journey of three steps down the mouth to tap, at three, on the teeth".

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

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A large portion of the data on the documents, including names and DOBs, is redacted but the House Oversight Committee indicated in a announcement that the passports are associated with "females whom Jeffrey Epstein and his co-conspirators were involved with".

An additional photo shows Epstein seated at a workstation in close proximity in the company of three female figures whose faces have been obscured - a first has her hand on Epstein's chest under his shirt, and another individual is bending to view a nearby computer. Epstein appears to be helping the third individual put on a piece of jewelry.

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Another image disclosed is a capture of digital messages from an unnamed person who claims they have been provided "some girls" and are asking for "$1000 per female".

Photograph Publication Occurs Before DOJ Deadline

The committee has a vast number of images in its custody from the Epstein holdings, which are "both disturbing and mundane," its statement on Thursday explained.

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

The photographs and records the Epstein property provided to the panel are separate from what is largely termed "Epstein-related records". Those are papers within the DOJ's custody connected to its separate investigation into Epstein.

Under the recently passed law, which Donald Trump made law last month, the DOJ has a deadline of 19 December to release its files. The scope of what's contained in the DOJ's files is not publicly known, and it's expected that much of the content will be heavily redacted, akin to Congressional releases