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The Congressional oversight panel has released a set of roughly 70 photographs obtained from the property of late found guilty sexual predator Jeffrey Epstein.

This represents the third disclosure from a cache of over 95,000 photographs the panel has acquired from Epstein's estate. It contains photographs of quotes from the novel Lolita inscribed across a woman's body, and redacted images of female foreign passports.

This release occurs just hours before the 19 December cut-off for the Justice Department to make public each documents related to its probe into Epstein.

"These latest photographs pose further inquiries about exactly what the Department of Justice has in its holdings," remarked the ranking member of the committee, Robert Garcia.

What is in the Images Released

Some of the images released on recently feature Epstein speaking with academic and activist Noam Chomsky on a private jet; Bill Gates positioned next to a female whose face is redacted; Steve Bannon sitting at a desk facing Epstein, and former Alphabet president Sergey Brin at a dinner gathering.

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These are the newest affluent, prominent figures to be photographed in Epstein's estate photos released by the House Oversight Committee - earlier disclosed pictures also depict US President Donald Trump and ex-president Bill Clinton, as well as director Woody Allen, previous US treasury secretary Larry Summers, lawyer Alan Dershowitz, Andrew Mountbatton-Windsor, and others.

Appearing in the images is does not constitute evidence of any illegal activity, and a number of the photographed men have asserted they were not involved in Epstein's criminal activity.

In a statement issued alongside the image release, Democratic members on the US House Oversight Committee noted the Epstein property holders did not supply background information or dates for the pictures.

"Images were picked to furnish the general populace with openness into a illustrative selection of the images acquired from the property, and to offer insights into Epstein's circle and his exceptionally alarming activities," the statement reads.

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The publication also features a number of photos of quotes from the Vladimir Nabokov book Lolita written in black ink across various areas of a female's body, like her upper body, foot, pelvis, and spine. Lolita narrates the account of a minor who was groomed by a middle-aged literature professor.

A particular quote from the novel inscribed across a woman's torso reads, "Lo-lee-ta: the point of the tongue making a journey of three steps down the roof of the mouth to alight, at three, on the teeth".

The release also contains a collection of photos of female identification and identification documents from states around the world, such as Lithuania, Russia, the Czech Republic, and Ukraine.

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Most of the details on the documents, including identities and dates of birth, is obscured but the House Oversight Committee stated in a press release that the passports pertain to "females whom Jeffrey Epstein and his associates were involved with".

A further photo shows Epstein seated at a workstation in close proximity in the company of three female figures whose identities have been redacted - one individual has her hand on Epstein's upper body under his clothing, and a second is crouching to examine a nearby laptop. Epstein appears to be aiding the third attach a wristband.

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An additional photograph made public is a screenshot of text messages from an unidentified individual who states they have been sent "some girls" and are asking for "$one thousand dollars per girl".

Image Release Comes Ahead of DOJ Due Date

The body has many thousands of photos in its custody from the Epstein estate, which are "simultaneously explicit and everyday," its statement on this week explained.

The Congressional committee first subpoenaed the holdings of Epstein, who passed away in a New York prison in 2019 while facing trial on accusations of sex trafficking crimes, in August.

The images and documents the Epstein estate submitted to the panel are separate from what is often referred to "the Epstein files". Those are papers within the DOJ's control related to its separate inquiry into Epstein.

Under the recently passed law, which President Trump made law in November, the DOJ has a deadline of 19 December to release its files. The extent of what's included in the DOJ's files is unknown, and it's probable that a significant portion of the information will be significantly censored, similar to the committee's materials