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The Congressional oversight panel has made public a collection of roughly 70 photos secured from the holdings of deceased convicted individual convicted of sex crimes Jeffrey Epstein.

This represents the third release from a cache of over 95,000 photographs the committee has secured from Epstein's holdings. It includes pictures of passages from the book Lolita scrawled across a female's body, and obscured images of female overseas passports.

This action comes just hours before the December 19th deadline for the Department of Justice to disclose every records related to its probe into Epstein.

"These latest photos raise more queries about exactly what the Department of Justice has in its holdings," remarked the ranking member of the panel, Robert Garcia.

What is in the Photos Disclosed

Some of the photographs released on Thursday feature Epstein speaking with scholar and advocate Noam Chomsky on a private plane; Bill Gates positioned next to a woman whose face is censored; Steve Bannon sitting at a table facing Epstein, and ex- Alphabet president Sergey Brin at a dinner event.

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These are the newest wealthy, powerful individuals to be pictured in Epstein property photographs disclosed by the committee - previously published pictures also include US President Donald Trump and former president Bill Clinton, as well as director Woody Allen, ex- US Treasury Secretary Larry Summers, counsel Alan Dershowitz, Andrew Mountbatton-Windsor, and additional individuals.

Appearing in the photos is does not constitute proof of any misconduct, and a number of the pictured figures have stated they were not involved in Epstein's criminal activity.

In a statement accompanying the photograph release, Lawmakers on the US House Oversight Committee stated the Epstein estate did not supply context or timeframes for the pictures.

"Images were selected to furnish the public with openness into a illustrative selection of the photographs received from the property, and to provide understanding into Epstein's circle and his exceptionally disturbing behavior," the release says.

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The disclosure also contains multiple images of excerpts from the Vladimir Nabokov novel Lolita penned in ink across different parts of a woman's body, including her torso, feet, pelvis, and spine. Lolita tells the tale of a young girl who was groomed by a middle-aged literature professor.

An example of a quote from the book inscribed across a woman's upper body states, "Lolita's name: the tip of the tongue taking a trip of three steps down the roof of the mouth to land, at three, on the teeth".

The release also contains a number of photographs of female travel documents and official papers from states globally, including Lithuania, Russia, the Czech Republic, and Ukraine.

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The majority of the data on the papers, such as identities and birth dates, is redacted but the committee stated in a statement that the passports belong to "individuals whom Jeffrey Epstein and his associates were involved with".

A further photo shows Epstein seated at a table in close proximity in the company of three female figures whose identities have been obscured - one has her palm on Epstein's upper body under his garment, and another individual is bending to look at a close-by device. Epstein seems to be aiding the final person fasten a piece of jewelry.

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An additional image disclosed is a image of text messages from an unidentified sender who states they have been sent "several females" and are demanding "$1000 per girl".

Photograph Release Occurs Prior to DOJ Due Date

The panel has thousands of images in its possession from the Epstein holdings, which are "both explicit and everyday," its statement on this week explained.

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

The photos and documents the Epstein property submitted to the body are different than what is often referred to "Epstein-related records". That material are documents under the Department of Justice's custody related to its separate inquiry into Epstein.

Under the recently passed law, which the President enacted last month, the DOJ has until 19 December to disclose its records. The scope of the contents contained in the DOJ's records is unclear, and it's likely that a large amount of the material will be significantly redacted, comparable to House Oversight Committee documents