Democrats on the US House Oversight Committee released 68 disturbing photographs from Jeffrey Epstein's estate on Thursday, one day before a Congressional deadline requiring the Department of Justice to make broader "Epstein files" public. The images include quotes from Vladimir Nabokov's novel "Lolita" inscribed on women's body parts, text messages discussing "$1,000 per girl", and photos of Bill Gates and philosopher Noam Chomsky.
The photos were pulled from a collection of 95,000 unseen images from the late sex offender's estate and released without context. One image shows a woman's foot with the novel's opening lines written on it: "she was Lo, plain Lo, in the morning, standing four feet ten in one sock." Other inscriptions read "she was Lola in slacks" and "she was Polly at school."
Screenshots of text messages included in the release show exchanges discussing "sending girls" and listing a young woman's age, height, weight, and measurements. One message states: "I will send u girls now" and asks "Maybe someone will be good for J?"
Pressure on Justice Department
Rep. Robert Garcia, the top Democrat on the Oversight Committee, vowed to continue making files public "to provide transparency for the American people." He stated: "As we approach the deadline for the Epstein Files Transparency Act, these new images raise more questions about what exactly the Department of Justice has in its possession."
Garcia demanded immediate action: "We must end this White House cover-up, and the DOJ must release the Epstein files now." The Justice Department faces a legal deadline by Friday to release Epstein-related records in a searchable format under the Epstein Files Transparency Act.
Prominent Figures Pictured
The newly released images show Microsoft founder Bill Gates and linguist Noam Chomsky, with one photo showing Chomsky alongside Epstein on what appears to be a private jet. Earlier releases from this month included photos of Gates with Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, as well as images featuring Donald Trump and Bill Clinton.
There is no suggestion that appearing in the photos implies any wrongdoing. The sources explicitly state that the photos "do not implicate any of the individuals in Epstein's crimes."
Background
Epstein died by suicide in August 2019 in a federal jail in Manhattan while awaiting trial on sex trafficking charges. Tens of thousands of records concerning Epstein and his former girlfriend Ghislaine Maxwell have already been released through earlier civil and criminal cases. The Friday deadline concerns additional files from two criminal investigations conducted by the Justice Department while Epstein was alive.
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