A new batch of photos has been released showing recognizable famous people who interacted with Epstein before his death in 2019.
The House Oversight Committee Democrats have released more information regarding disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein and the people he associated with prior to his death.
As well as this, the release showcased text messages from an unknown person speaking about an 18-year-old woman from Russia. There were also redacted images of several passports from different countries, as well as Epstein’s own passport.
A chilling text exchange from an unknown sender (House Democrats) Though many of the images featured Epstein and other individuals with women, their identities have been redacted. Some of the pictures also showed the women with messages written on their bodies.
These messages appeared to be quotes from 1955 novel Lolita, a controversial story where a man is sexually obsessed with a 12-year-old girl.
Women were seen with quotes from Lolita written on their bodies (House Democrats) This move by the committee comes only a day before Donald Trump’s administration is set to release more files and information relating to Epstein.
The celebrities who were photographed include:
Bill Gates - Microsoft co-founder
Bill Gates was pictured with different women who had their identity redacted (House Oversight Committee Bill Gates (House Oversight Committee) Noam Chomsky - Linguist and public intellectual
American professor Noam Chomsky sitting in a plane with Jeffrey Epstein (House Oversight Committee) Noam Chomsky (House Oversight Committee) Sergey Brin - Google co-founder
Google co-founder Sergey Brin (House Oversight Committee) David Brooks - New York Times columnist
New York Times columnist David Brooks with Sergey Brin in the background (House Oversight Committee)
Steve Bannon - Former Donald Trump adviser
Donald Trump's former adviser Steve Bannon (House Oversight Committee) David Blaine - Illusionist
Illusionist and magician David Blaine on the left (House Oversight Committee) Salar Kamangar - former YouTube CEO
Former Google CEO Salar Kamangar smiling at the camera (House Oversight Committee) While the people are recognized as powerful individuals, appearing in the photos does not imply any wrongdoing, however.
Bill Gates’ spokesperson has repeatedly denied that Epstein ever worked for him and the founder had expressed his regret at ever knowing or associating with Epstein.
Speaking to CNN in 2021, he said: “It was a huge mistake to spend time with him, to give him the credibility of being there.”
Robert Garcia, a Democrat on the Oversight Committee has insisted they will continue to ‘provide transparency for the American people’ regarding Epstein and his lifestyle and associates.
Garcia said: “Oversight Democrats will continue to release photographs and documents from the Epstein estate to provide transparency for the American people.
“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.
“We must end this White House cover-up, and the DOJ must release the Epstein files now.”
According to Garcia, the 68 photos they dropped yesterday and the 19 prior to this are just a small drop in the ocean of ‘over 95,000 photos, including images of the wealthy and powerful men who spent time with Jeffrey Epstein' as well as 'thousands of photographs of women and Epstein properties'.