House Democrats release more photos from Jeffrey Epstein's estate

By Ryan Nobles and Rebecca Shabad

WASHINGTON — Democrats on the House Oversight Committee on Friday released a second batch of images from the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein's estate.

The photos include pictures of Epstein with a number of high-profile figures, including President Donald Trump, longtime Trump ally Steve Bannon, former President Bill Clinton, former Clinton Treasury Secretary Larry Summers, businessman Bill Gates and director Woody Allen. They do not appear to show illegal activity by these individuals.

“It is time to end this White House cover-up and bring justice to the survivors of Jeffrey Epstein and his powerful friends,” the committee's ranking member, Rep. Robert Garcia, D-Calif., said. “These disturbing photos raise even more questions about Epstein and his relationships with some of the most powerful men in the world. We will not rest until the American people get the truth. The Department of Justice must release all the files, NOW.”

The photo of a younger Trump shows him at an event standing with Epstein speaking to blond woman. One photo shows Clinton posing for a photo, which includes Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell Epstein’s girlfriend and co-conspirator, on one side. It’s signed by Clinton.

A few photos feature Bannon including, one in which Epstein is sitting behind a desk with conservative and Trump ally Steve Bannon sitting on the opposite side and another of the two of them standing together taking a mirror selfie. Another shows filmmaker Woody Allen sitting on directors chair speaking to Epstein who’s standing next to him. One image shows Allen and Bannon speaking to each other.

Democrats on the panel had released more than 150 photos and videos of Epstein's island earlier this month that also were received from his estate. The initial collection showed the outdoor pool area, several bedrooms, bathrooms, a room with a dental chair, and a library with a large desk and a blackboard with the words “power,” “truth,” “music,” “deception,” “intellectual” and “political” written on it, along with some redacted words.

Epstein owned two private islands in the U.S. Virgin Islands — Little Saint James and Great Saint James — where he was accused of sexually abusing girls and young women. He bought Little Saint James in 1998 for $7.95 million and purchased Great Saint James in 2016.

The latest release, which also contained redactions from the Oversight Committee, comes as the 30-day deadline approaches next week for the Department of Justice to turn over to Congress the massive amount of files the federal government has on Epstein. On Nov. 19, Trump signed legislation passed by the House and Senate that requires DOJ to release the records.

Meanwhile, a federal judge in New York on Wednesday granted the DOJ's request to unseal grand jury records in Epstein's 2019 sex trafficking case. A different judge on Tuesday ordered the release of grand jury records related to Maxwell, Epstein's girlfriend and co-conspirator.

A federal judge in Florida last week also ordered the release of grand jury investigations into Epstein in 2005 and 2007.