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The House investigative committee has released a collection of around 70 photos secured from the holdings of late found guilty sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

This represents the third publication from a cache of more than 95,000 photographs the body has secured from Epstein's estate. It includes images of quotes from the book Lolita written across a woman's body, and obscured pictures of female foreign passports.

This action comes mere hours before the 19 December deadline for the Justice Department to make public all documents associated with its investigation into Epstein.

"These new images raise more questions about precisely what the DOJ has in its holdings," said the senior Democrat of the committee, Robert Garcia.

What is in the Images Disclosed

Some of the images made public on this week depict Epstein in discussion with professor and activist Noam Chomsky on a personal aircraft; Bill Gates standing next to a woman whose identity is censored; Steve Bannon positioned at a table opposite Epstein, and ex- Alphabet president Sergey Brin at a evening meal.

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These are the most recent high-net-worth, influential individuals to be photographed in Epstein estate photographs disclosed by the House Oversight Committee - formerly released photos also include US President Donald Trump and ex-president Bill Clinton, as well as film director Woody Allen, previous US treasury secretary Larry Summers, attorney Alan Dershowitz, Andrew Mountbatton-Windsor, and additional individuals.

Appearing in the images is does not constitute indication of any misconduct, and a number of the featured men have said they were in no way involved in Epstein's illegal activity.

In a statement released with the image disclosure, Democratic members on the US House Oversight Committee noted the Epstein property holders did not provide explanatory details or timeframes for the pictures.

"Photos were selected to provide the general populace with clarity into a illustrative selection of the images obtained from the holdings, and to provide insights into Epstein's associates and his extremely troubling actions," the announcement reads.

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The publication also features multiple photos of quotes from the Vladimir Nabokov literary work Lolita inscribed in dark ink across various areas of a woman's body, such as her upper body, foot, pelvis, and rear. Lolita tells the story of a young girl who was groomed by a middle-aged literature professor.

One passage from the work written across a female's upper body states, "Lolita's name: the point of the tongue traveling of three steps down the roof of the mouth to alight, at three, on the teeth".

The release also contains a number of photos of women's identification and official papers from countries worldwide, including Lithuania, Russia, the Czech Republic, and Ukraine.

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Most of the data on the documents, such as identities and dates of birth, is censored but the committee said in a announcement that the travel documents pertain to "females whom Jeffrey Epstein and his co-conspirators were engaging".

A further image depicts Epstein positioned at a table intimately in the company of three female figures whose features have been obscured - a first has her palm on Epstein's chest under his garment, and a second is crouching to view a adjacent device. Epstein seems to be helping the final person fasten a piece of jewelry.

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A further photo released is a screenshot of digital messages from an unidentified individual who states they have been sent "several females" and are asking for "$one thousand dollars per girl".

Photo Publication Comes Prior to DOJ Due Date

The committee has many thousands of images in its possession from the Epstein property, which are "at once graphic and mundane," its announcement on Thursday clarified.

The oversight panel first subpoenaed the estate of Epstein, who was found dead in a New York jail in 2019 while pending legal proceedings on allegations of human trafficking, in August.

The images and documents the Epstein property submitted to the body are distinct from what is commonly referred to "Epstein-related records". Those files are records in the Department of Justice's possession associated with its separate probe into Epstein.

In accordance with the recently passed law, which the President signed into law last month, the DOJ has until 19 December to disclose its records. The scope of the contents contained in the DOJ's records is not publicly known, and it's probable that a large amount of the material will be significantly redacted, akin to House Oversight Committee materials