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The Congressional oversight panel has published a set of roughly 70 photographs from the estate of late found guilty sexual predator Jeffrey Epstein.

This represents the third release from a tranche of in excess of 95,000 images the body has obtained from Epstein's holdings. It contains pictures of excerpts from the literary work Lolita scrawled across a female's body, and censored pictures of women's international passports.

This action arrives mere hours before the December 19th deadline for the Justice Department to make public every files related to its probe into Epstein.

"These images raise additional inquiries about precisely what the Department of Justice has in its holdings," remarked the ranking member of the committee, Robert Garcia.

What's in the Photographs Made Public

Some of the images published on this week depict Epstein in discussion with professor and activist Noam Chomsky inside a private plane; Bill Gates seen alongside a woman whose identity is obscured; Steve Bannon sitting at a workstation opposite Epstein, and former Alphabet president Sergey Brin at a dinner gathering.

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These are the latest wealthy, influential men to be pictured in Epstein estate photos disclosed by the House Oversight Committee - previously released images also include US President Donald Trump and past president Bill Clinton, as well as director Woody Allen, ex- US Secretary of the Treasury Larry Summers, attorney Alan Dershowitz, Andrew Mountbatton-Windsor, and other figures.

Showing up in the images is is not considered indication of any illegal activity, and several of the pictured figures have said they were in no way implicated in Epstein's unlawful actions.

In a announcement issued alongside the photo release, Democratic members on the US House Oversight Committee stated the Epstein estate's representatives did not provide background information or timings for the photographs.

"Photos were selected to offer the public with clarity into a typical cross-section of the photographs received from the property, and to offer insights into Epstein's associates and his extremely disturbing actions," the release states.

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The publication also features several photographs of passages from the Vladimir Nabokov literary work Lolita inscribed in dark ink across different parts of a woman's body, including her chest, foot, pelvis, and rear. Lolita recounts the account of a minor who was manipulated by a adult literature professor.

A particular quote from the novel scrawled across a woman's chest reads, "Lolita: the tip of the tongue taking a trip of three steps down the roof of the mouth to tap, at three, on the teeth".

The release also contains a series of photos of women's passports and identification documents from countries around the world, such as Lithuania, Russia, the Czech Republic, and Ukraine.

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A large portion of the details on the IDs, such as identities and DOBs, is redacted but the committee indicated in a press release that the travel documents are associated with "females whom Jeffrey Epstein and his associates were interacting with".

An additional photograph shows Epstein sitting at a workstation closely in the company of three women whose features have been redacted - one individual has her hand on Epstein's chest under his garment, and another is bending to examine a nearby computer. Epstein can be seen to be aiding the third individual attach a piece of jewelry.

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An additional photo released is a image of text messages from an unidentified sender who says they have been supplied "some girls" and are asking for "$one thousand dollars per girl".

Image Publication Arrives Prior to DOJ Cut-off

The committee has thousands of images in its possession from the Epstein estate, which are "simultaneously graphic and everyday," its announcement on this week noted.

The House Oversight Committee first legally compelled the property of Epstein, who passed away in a New York jail in 2019 while pending legal proceedings on accusations of sex trafficking, in August.

The images and files the Epstein property gave to the committee are distinct from what is commonly referred to "the Epstein files". Those files are records under the justice department's custody connected to its separate probe into Epstein.

Under the recently passed law, which President Trump enacted last month, the DOJ has a deadline of 19 December to disclose its records. The extent of what's contained in the DOJ's files is unknown, and it's likely that a significant portion of the information will be heavily redacted, similar to Congressional materials