Democrats have continued their drip-feed of material from sex predator Jeffrey Epstein’s estate, releasing more photos on the eve of a deadline for the full publication of the Epstein files.<\/p>\n
The newly released images include photos of Epstein with other high-profile men, maps of his private island and a screenshot of a WhatsApp conversation.<\/p>\n
Four photos show parts of a person’s body displaying handwritten quotes from the novel Lolita, which is about a middle-aged man’s infatuation with a 12-year-old girl.<\/p>\n
The 68 images also include Epstein’s passport, as well as passports and ID cards from around the world, which belonged to “women whom Jeffrey Epstein and his co-conspirators were engaging”, according to Democratic congressman Robert Garcia.<\/p>\n
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One image showed a woman’s foot with the novel Lolita in the background. (Supplied: House Oversight Committee Democrats)<\/p>\n
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Bill Gates, pictured with a woman whose identity was redacted, has said he regrets spending time with Epstein. (Supplied: House Oversight Committee Democrats)<\/p>\n
The images have been released one day before the deadline for the Justice Department to publish its investigative records relating to Epstein and his co-offender, Ghislaine Maxwell.<\/p>\n
Democrats have been pressuring the Trump administration to meet the deadline of Friday, local time, which was set by Congress last month<\/a>, without making unnecessary redactions.<\/p>\n The department and Trump officials have not provided any information about when or how the files will be published. The law mandates they must be downloadable and searchable.\u00a0<\/p>\n Redactions are only allowed in limited circumstances, such as to protect victims and ongoing investigations. Files cannot be withheld to prevent political embarrassment.<\/p>\n If you or anyone you know needs help:1800 Respect National Helpline<\/a>: 1800 737 732Men’s Referral Service<\/a>: 1300 766 491Lifeline<\/a> (24-hour crisis line): 13 11 14Full Stop Australia<\/a>: 1800 385 578Bravehearts<\/a>: counselling and support for survivors of child sexual abuse: 1800\u00a0272\u00a0831<\/p>\n Congress’s House Oversight Committee subpoenaed the newly released images from Epstein’s estate as part of a separate investigation into the federal government’s handling of his case.<\/p>\n Mr Garcia, the committee’s top Democrat, says committee members are reviewing 95,000 images, which are “both graphic and mundane”. They are periodically releasing them “to provide the public with transparency” after redacting personal details about victims.<\/p>\n The newly released photos show several men who have been connected to Epstein in the past. They include businessman Bill Gates, who has repeatedly said he regrets spending time with Epstein<\/a>, philosopher Noam Chomsky, who has said Epstein helped him with financial transactions and they “met occasionally”<\/a>, and former Trump advisor Steve Bannon, who has said he was filming a documentary series on Epstein before his death.<\/p>\n Epstein was known to be well connected in the worlds of business, politics and celebrity, and there is no suggestion the men in the photographs were involved in wrongdoing.<\/p>\n Noam Chomsky (left) has previously said Jeffrey Epstein helped him with money transfers. (Supplied: House Oversight Committee Democrats)<\/p>\n Pills used to treat urinary tract irritation were shown in one photo. (Supplied: House Oversight Committee Democrats)<\/p>\n Part of a WhatsApp conversation was shown in a screenshot. (Supplied: House Oversight Committee Democrats)<\/p>\n As with previous releases of material, the images were put online without information about when and where they were taken.<\/p>\n Committee members have previously released emails that referenced US President Donald Trump<\/a> (though did not accuse him of wrongdoing), and photos of Epstein’s private island<\/a> and high-profile men Epstein was known to associate with<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Democrats have continued their drip-feed of material from sex predator Jeffrey Epstein’s estate, releasing more photos on the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":356859,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[100795,166808,168757,43,168756,50516,44,3778,41,39,42,40],"class_list":["post-356858","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-epstein","tag-files","tag-ghislaine","tag-headlines","tag-jeffrey","tag-maxwell","tag-news","tag-photos","tag-top-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topnews","tag-topstories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/356858","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=356858"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/356858\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/356859"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=356858"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=356858"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=356858"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}<\/p>\n
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