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The Congressional oversight panel has released a batch of around 70 photographs obtained from the property of former found guilty sexual predator Jeffrey Epstein.

This marks the third disclosure from a cache of over 95,000 photographs the body has secured from Epstein's estate. It contains photographs of excerpts from the literary work Lolita inscribed across a woman's body, and censored images of women's overseas passports.

This release arrives mere hours before the 19 December cut-off for the Department of Justice to make public each files related to its inquiry into Epstein.

"These photos bring up further queries about what exactly the DOJ has in its possession," stated the senior Democrat of the committee, Robert Garcia.

Contents in the Photos Disclosed

Several of the photos made public on Thursday show Epstein in discussion with academic and activist Noam Chomsky inside a private jet; Bill Gates positioned next to a woman whose features is censored; Steve Bannon positioned at a workstation facing Epstein, and ex- Alphabet president Sergey Brin at a dinner event.

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These are the most recent high-net-worth, prominent individuals to be photographed in Epstein estate images disclosed by the oversight panel - formerly disclosed images also include US President Donald Trump and former president Bill Clinton, as well as movie director Woody Allen, previous US Secretary of the Treasury Larry Summers, counsel Alan Dershowitz, Andrew Mountbatton-Windsor, and other figures.

Showing up in the images is does not constitute proof of any illegal activity, and a number of the photographed men have said they were in no way participating in Epstein's illegal activity.

In a statement issued alongside the photograph release, Lawmakers on the US House Oversight Committee said the Epstein estate did not offer explanatory details or dates for the images.

"Photographs were chosen to provide the general populace with openness into a illustrative selection of the photographs received from the property, and to give insights into Epstein's network and his exceptionally alarming actions," the announcement states.

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The release also includes several photos of quotes from the Vladimir Nabokov novel Lolita penned in ink across different parts of a female's body, like her torso, foot, hip, and spine. Lolita recounts the story of a adolescent who was manipulated by a adult literature professor.

A particular passage from the novel scrawled across a female's torso reads, "Lolita's name: the point of the tongue taking a trip of three steps down the roof of the mouth to tap, at three, on the teeth".

There are also a collection of photos of female passports and ID papers from countries worldwide, like Lithuania, Russia, the Czech Republic, and Ukraine.

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Most of the data on the documents, like identities and dates of birth, is obscured but the committee said in a press release that the travel documents pertain to "females whom Jeffrey Epstein and his co-conspirators were interacting with".

A further photo features Epstein sitting at a workstation intimately surrounded by three female figures whose features have been censored - one has her palm on Epstein's chest under his shirt, and a second is leaning to examine a close-by laptop. Epstein seems to be helping the third individual attach a piece of jewelry.

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A further photograph made public is a image of SMS messages from an unnamed person who states they have been supplied "a number of girls" and are demanding "$one thousand dollars per girl".

Photo Release Arrives Ahead of DOJ Deadline

The body has thousands of photographs in its custody from the Epstein estate, which are "at once disturbing and everyday," its announcement on Thursday clarified.

The oversight panel first legally compelled the property of Epstein, who passed away in a New York correctional facility in 2019 while facing trial on accusations of sex trafficking crimes, in August.

The photographs and files the Epstein estate provided to the committee are distinct from what is largely called "the Epstein documents". That material are documents within the Department of Justice's custody connected to its separate investigation into Epstein.

Under the Transparency Act, which the President made law in November, the DOJ has a deadline of 19 December to publish its files. The scope of what is contained in the DOJ's documents is unknown, and it's probable that much of the information will be extensively redacted, akin to Congressional documents