House Democrats release new photos from the Epstein archive
Tomorrow is the deadline for the Justice Department to publish all the former financier's files still in its possession
Democratic members of the House Oversight Committee released some photos from Jeffrey Epstein's archive that were handed over in recent months by the former financier's trustees. Tomorrow is the deadline for the Justice Department to release all Epstein files still in its possession. The five photographs, circulated without giving any context, include an image of a Ukrainian passport with a woman on it; philosopher Noam Chomsky on a plane with Epstein; and Bill Gates posing for a photo with a woman whose face has been obscured by the Democratic members of the committee. The images also include a screenshot of part of a text conversation in which one person discusses sending girls: 'I don't know, try sending someone else. I have a friend who is a scout, she sent me some girls today. But she's asking $1,000 per girl. I'll send you some girls now. Maybe some will be good for J?" the series of messages reads. The individual then sends a detailed description including name, '18 years old', height, measurements, weight, a note about the Schengen area and a 'departure city'. Many details are obscured, although age, a tick next to Schengen and Russia are visible. Finally, a fifth photograph shows a woman's foot with a quote from 'Lolita', Vladimir Nabokov's novel about a man's sexual obsession with a 12-year-old girl, written on it. It is not clear when or where the photos were taken, nor by whom.
The Democrats pointed out that Epstein's estate did not provide any context on the images shared with the committee and said they had made them public as received, except for the blacked-out parts. The Democrats chose which photographs to release after the committee received more than 95,000 images from the estate last week, which lawmakers are still reviewing.
