Democrats on the House oversight committee have released a new batch of photos from the estate of convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, as the deadline for the justice department to release its files related to Epstein approaches.
The images, released on Thursday, are undated and lack captions or context. Among them are photographs of what appear to be lines from Vladimir Nabokov’s novel Lolita written on different parts of a woman’s body. The novel is about a middle-aged man’s sexual obsession with a 12-year-old girl.
The release maintains pressure on Donald Trump, whose justice department has less than 48 hours to comply with the Epstein Files Transparency Act, a congressional bill signed into law last month. Over the summer, the Trump administration drew backlash when the justice department said it would not release any additional Epstein files despite earlier promises.
Additional images include photographs of Bill Gates posing with a woman whose face has been redacted, and of linguist Noam Chomsky sitting on a plane with Epstein. Other photos show Woody Allen, Steve Bannon, and David Brooks. No context has been provided, and the appearance of these people is not evidence of wrongdoing.
In a statement, Robert Garcia, a US representative and ranking member of the oversight committee, said: “Oversight Democrats will continue to release photographs and documents from the Epstein estate to provide transparency for the American people. We must end this White House cover-up, and the DoJ must release the Epstein files now.”
