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The House investigative committee has released a batch of roughly 70 images from the estate of deceased found guilty sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

This marks the third such disclosure from a tranche of more than 95,000 images the body has obtained from Epstein's property. It contains pictures of excerpts from the novel Lolita scrawled across a woman's body, and redacted photos of female international passports.

This disclosure occurs hours before the 19 December cut-off for the DOJ to disclose all documents related to its probe into Epstein.

"These new photographs raise further inquiries about exactly what the Department of Justice has in its holdings," said the senior Democrat of the committee, Robert Garcia.

Contents in the Photos Disclosed

Some of the photographs published on Thursday show Epstein conversing with professor and activist Noam Chomsky aboard a private jet; Bill Gates positioned alongside a individual whose face is censored; Steve Bannon positioned at a workstation across from Epstein, and ex- Alphabet president Sergey Brin at a dinner gathering.

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These are the newest wealthy, influential men to be pictured in Epstein estate photos disclosed by the oversight panel - earlier published images also depict US President Donald Trump and ex-president Bill Clinton, as well as director Woody Allen, previous US Secretary of the Treasury Larry Summers, attorney Alan Dershowitz, Andrew Mountbatton-Windsor, and others.

Being pictured in the images is does not constitute proof of any illegal activity, and many of the featured figures have stated they were not participating in Epstein's criminal activity.

In a press release released with the photo release, Democratic members on the US House Oversight Committee said the Epstein property holders did not provide context or timings for the images.

"Photos were picked to offer the American people with clarity into a illustrative selection of the photographs received from the estate, and to offer insights into Epstein's circle and his exceptionally alarming actions," the release states.

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The publication also includes several photographs of passages from the Vladimir Nabokov book Lolita inscribed in ink across different parts of a woman's body, like her upper body, foot, pelvis, and rear. Lolita tells the account of a adolescent who was exploited by a middle-aged literature professor.

An example of a quote from the book inscribed across a female's chest says, "Lolita's name: 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 number of photos of female passports and identification documents from states worldwide, like Lithuania, Russia, the Czech Republic, and Ukraine.

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A large portion of the details on the documents, like identities and DOBs, is censored but the panel said in a announcement that the passports belong to "females whom Jeffrey Epstein and his conspirators were interacting with".

An additional photograph shows Epstein positioned at a table closely in the company of three individuals whose faces have been redacted - a first has her hand on Epstein's chest under his shirt, and another individual is crouching to view a nearby device. Epstein can be seen to be assisting the third individual fasten a wristband.

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An additional photograph released is a image of digital messages from an unnamed sender who states they have been supplied "several females" and are requesting "$$1,000 per female".

Image Release Occurs Before DOJ Cut-off

The committee has many thousands of images in its possession from the Epstein estate, which are "both disturbing and ordinary," its announcement on Thursday noted.

The House Oversight Committee first legally compelled the holdings of Epstein, who passed away in a New York jail in 2019 while pending legal proceedings on charges of sex trafficking, in August.

The photographs and files the Epstein estate's representatives provided to the body are distinct from what is commonly called "Epstein-related records". Those are records within the DOJ's possession associated with its separate probe into Epstein.

Under the Epstein Files Transparency Act, which President Trump enacted last month, the DOJ has a deadline of 19 December to publish its records. The extent of the contents found in the DOJ's documents is unknown, and it's probable that a large amount of the information will be extensively redacted, akin to House Oversight Committee materials