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The Congressional oversight panel has released a collection of roughly 70 images secured from the holdings of former convicted sexual predator Jeffrey Epstein.

This constitutes the latest in a series of release from a cache of more than 95,000 photographs the committee has obtained from Epstein's estate. It features pictures of excerpts from the book Lolita written across a woman's body, and censored pictures of female overseas passports.

This action comes hours before the December 19th deadline for the DOJ to release all files connected to its probe into Epstein.

"These photos pose further queries about exactly what the DOJ has in its possession," said the Democratic lead of the committee, Robert Garcia.

Contents in the Photographs Released

A number of the photographs published on Thursday show Epstein in discussion with scholar and advocate Noam Chomsky aboard a private jet; Bill Gates positioned alongside a female whose identity is redacted; Steve Bannon sitting at a table across from Epstein, and previous Alphabet president Sergey Brin at a dinner event.

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These are the newest high-net-worth, powerful figures to be photographed in Epstein property photos published by the oversight panel - formerly released images also depict US President Donald Trump and former president Bill Clinton, as well as film director Woody Allen, ex- US Secretary of the Treasury Larry Summers, counsel Alan Dershowitz, Andrew Mountbatton-Windsor, and additional individuals.

Being pictured in the photographs is does not constitute evidence of any illegal activity, and a number of the featured men have said they were never participating in Epstein's criminal activity.

In a announcement issued alongside the photo disclosure, Democrats on the US House Oversight Committee stated the Epstein property holders did not provide context or timeframes for the pictures.

"Photos were selected to provide the general populace with clarity into a representative sample of the photographs received from the estate, and to offer insights into Epstein's circle and his exceptionally alarming behavior," the release says.

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The publication also includes a number of photographs of quotes from the Vladimir Nabokov literary work Lolita written in black ink across various areas of a woman's body, like her torso, foot, hipbone, and back. Lolita narrates the account of a minor who was manipulated by a adult literature professor.

A particular passage from the novel scrawled across a woman's chest reads, "Lo-lee-ta: the tip of the tongue making a journey of three steps down the palate to tap, at three, on the teeth".

There are also a number of images of women's travel documents and identification documents from nations worldwide, like Lithuania, Russia, the Czech Republic, and Ukraine.

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A large portion of the details on the papers, including identities and dates of birth, is censored but the panel said in a press release that the passports are associated with "women whom Jeffrey Epstein and his associates were interacting with".

Another photo depicts Epstein seated at a table closely flanked by three women whose features have been obscured - one has her hand on Epstein's upper body under his shirt, and another is leaning to look at a nearby laptop. Epstein can be seen to be assisting the third individual attach a piece of jewelry.

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

Photo Release Arrives Ahead of DOJ Cut-off

The panel has many thousands of photographs in its custody from the Epstein estate, which are "both graphic and everyday," its announcement on Thursday explained.

The oversight panel first issued a subpoena to the property of Epstein, who passed away in a New York jail in 2019 while facing trial on allegations of sex trafficking crimes, in August.

The photographs and files the Epstein estate's representatives gave to the panel are distinct from what is often termed "the Epstein documents". Those are papers under the justice department's custody connected to its own inquiry into Epstein.

In accordance with the recently passed law, which President Trump enacted recently, the DOJ has a deadline of 19 December to disclose its files. The extent of what is found in the DOJ's documents is unclear, and it's likely that a large amount of the information will be extensively obscured, comparable to Congressional documents