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The Congressional oversight panel has made public a collection of roughly 70 images obtained from the property of late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

This constitutes the third such disclosure from a cache of more than 95,000 images the committee has acquired from Epstein's estate. It features images of passages from the book Lolita inscribed across a female's body, and censored images of female foreign passports.

This disclosure occurs just hours before the 19 December cut-off for the Department of Justice to disclose all files associated with its investigation into Epstein.

"These latest photos pose additional inquiries about exactly what the DOJ has in its holdings," said the senior Democrat of the panel, Robert Garcia.

What is in the Photographs Made Public

Several of the photographs released on this week feature Epstein conversing with professor and activist Noam Chomsky on a personal aircraft; Bill Gates seen next to a female whose face is censored; Steve Bannon positioned at a table facing Epstein, and ex- Alphabet president Sergey Brin at a dinner event.

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These are the newest high-net-worth, influential men to be seen in Epstein estate images disclosed by the oversight panel - previously published pictures also include US President Donald Trump and past president Bill Clinton, as well as film director Woody Allen, ex- US Secretary of the Treasury Larry Summers, attorney Alan Dershowitz, Andrew Mountbatton-Windsor, and other figures.

Appearing in the photos is not proof of any wrongdoing, and several of the pictured figures have stated they were in no way involved in Epstein's illegal activity.

In a announcement released with the image publication, Democratic members on the US House Oversight Committee noted the Epstein property holders did not provide explanatory details or dates for the images.

"Images were chosen to provide the public with openness into a typical cross-section of the images obtained from the holdings, and to provide insights into Epstein's associates and his exceptionally disturbing behavior," the announcement reads.

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The release also contains a number of photos of quotes from the Vladimir Nabokov novel Lolita written in black ink across different parts of a woman's body, including her upper body, lower extremity, hip, and back. Lolita narrates the tale of a adolescent who was exploited by a middle-aged literature professor.

One quote from the novel written across a woman's upper body states, "Lolita: the tip of the tongue taking a trip of three steps down the mouth to tap, at three, on the teeth".

There are also a number of photos of female identification and official papers from states around the world, like Lithuania, Russia, the Czech Republic, and Ukraine.

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Most of the information on the papers, like names and birth dates, is obscured but the committee stated in a announcement that the passports pertain to "individuals whom Jeffrey Epstein and his associates were engaging".

Another image features Epstein seated at a workstation intimately surrounded by three individuals whose features have been censored - one has her palm on Epstein's torso under his clothing, and another is crouching to look at a nearby computer. Epstein can be seen to be aiding the final person put on a wristband.

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A further photo released is a capture of digital messages from an unidentified individual who says they have been supplied "a number of girls" and are demanding "$one thousand dollars per female".

Photo Publication Arrives Prior to DOJ Cut-off

The committee has thousands of photos in its custody from the Epstein holdings, which are "simultaneously graphic and ordinary," its statement on Thursday clarified.

The House Oversight Committee first issued a subpoena to the property of Epstein, who passed away in a New York prison in 2019 while facing trial on accusations of human trafficking, in August.

The photographs and files the Epstein property provided to the panel are separate from what is largely termed "the Epstein documents". Those are records within the Department of Justice's possession connected to its own inquiry into Epstein.

In accordance with the recently passed law, which the President made law in November, the DOJ has until 19 December to publish its files. The extent of what's contained in the DOJ's records is unclear, and it's expected that a large amount of the material will be extensively censored, comparable to House Oversight Committee releases