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The Congressional oversight panel has published a set of around 70 images secured from the holdings of deceased adjudicated sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

This constitutes the third release from a tranche of over 95,000 images the body has secured from Epstein's holdings. It includes images of passages from the novel Lolita written across a female's body, and censored photos of women's overseas passports.

This action arrives hours before the December 19th due date for the Justice Department to make public all documents connected to its inquiry into Epstein.

"These latest photos raise more questions about exactly what the Department of Justice has in its possession," remarked the Democratic lead of the committee, Robert Garcia.

What's in the Images Released

Several of the photos published on Thursday show Epstein conversing with academic and activist Noam Chomsky on a personal aircraft; Bill Gates positioned beside a female whose face is redacted; Steve Bannon sitting at a workstation across from Epstein, and previous Alphabet president Sergey Brin at a dinner gathering.

Investigative Body

These are the newest high-net-worth, influential individuals to be seen in Epstein estate photos disclosed by the House Oversight Committee - earlier disclosed photos also include US President Donald Trump and ex-president Bill Clinton, as well as director Woody Allen, previous US Treasury Secretary Larry Summers, counsel Alan Dershowitz, Andrew Mountbatton-Windsor, and other figures.

Appearing in the images is not proof of any illegal activity, and a number of the featured individuals have asserted they were in no way implicated in Epstein's illegal activity.

In a announcement accompanying the photograph release, Democratic members on the US House Oversight Committee noted the Epstein estate's representatives did not supply background information or timings for the pictures.

"Photographs were selected to offer the general populace with openness into a typical cross-section of the images received from the property, and to provide perspectives into Epstein's associates and his exceptionally troubling actions," the announcement reads.

Oversight Panel

The release also contains several images of quotes from the Vladimir Nabokov literary work Lolita written in dark ink across various areas of a female's body, including her upper body, feet, hipbone, and rear. Lolita tells the tale of a young girl who was exploited by a older literature professor.

One excerpt from the work written across a woman's torso states, "Lo-lee-ta: the end of the tongue taking a trip of three steps down the mouth to land, at three, on the teeth".

Additionally, there are a collection of photos of female passports and ID papers from countries worldwide, including Lithuania, Russia, the Czech Republic, and Ukraine.

Oversight Panel

Most of the data on the documents, including identities and DOBs, is redacted but the panel indicated in a statement that the travel documents pertain to "females whom Jeffrey Epstein and his co-conspirators were involved with".

An additional photograph features Epstein positioned at a workstation closely surrounded by three female figures whose identities have been redacted - one individual has her hand on Epstein's torso under his clothing, and a second is bending to view a close-by computer. Epstein appears to be assisting the third fasten a bracelet.

Oversight Panel

Another photo released is a capture of SMS messages from an unidentified sender who claims they have been supplied "several females" and are requesting "$$1,000 per girl".

Image Publication Arrives Before DOJ Deadline

The panel has many thousands of photos in its holdings from the Epstein holdings, which are "at once disturbing and everyday," its statement on Thursday noted.

The Congressional committee first issued a subpoena to the holdings of Epstein, who passed away in a New York jail in 2019 while pending legal proceedings on allegations of sex trafficking crimes, in August.

The photos and records the Epstein estate gave to the committee are different than what is commonly referred to "the Epstein files". That material are papers in the DOJ's possession associated with its separate probe into Epstein.

Pursuant to the recently passed law, which the President signed into law recently, the DOJ has until the date of 19 December to release its records. The scope of the contents included in the DOJ's documents is unclear, and it's likely that much of the content will be extensively redacted, akin to House Oversight Committee releases