Congressional Democrats unveiled dozens of new images from the estate of late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein on Thursday, a day before the U.S. Justice Department is legally required to release unclassified files from its investigation.
Graphic and troubling content
The latest batch of 68 photos includes close-ups of sentences from Lolita, a book about a man’s obsession with a 12-year-old girl, scribbled across a woman’s chest, foot, neck, and back. Other images show redacted identification cards of women from Russia, Morocco, Italy, Czech Republic, South Africa, Ukraine, and Lithuania, as well as a late-night text thread discussing sending girls for someone identified as “j” for $1,000 each.
Writing appears on the chest of a female body in this image from the estate of the late financier and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, released by the House Oversight Committee Democrats Washington, D.C., U.S., on December 18, 2025. House Oversight Committee Democrats/Handout via REUTERS THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY
Writing appears on a female body in this image from the estate of the late financier and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, released by the House Oversight Committee Democrats Washington, D.C., U.S., on December 18, 2025. House Oversight Committee Democrats/Handout via REUTERS THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY
Writing appears on a female body in this image from the estate of the late financier and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, released by the House Oversight Committee Democrats in Washington, D.C., U.S., on December 18, 2025. House Oversight Committee Democrats/Handout via REUTERS THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY
Public transparency and notable figures
The photos are part of some 95,000 images released to the House Oversight Committee by Epstein’s estate. Last week, 19 images were released, including some featuring now-President Donald Trump, who dismissed them as “no big deal.” The latest images also show billionaire Microsoft founder Bill Gates, professor and activist Noam Chomsky, and former Trump aide Steve Bannon. Representatives for Gates, Chomsky, and Bannon have not commented.
Late financier and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein appears with women, whose identities have been obscured, in this image from the Epstein estate released by House Oversight Committee Democrats in Washington, D.C., U.S., on December 18, 2025. House Oversight Committee Democrats/Handout via REUTERS THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY. REDACTED AREAS FROM SOURCE.
Committee Democrats said the release was intended to provide transparency into Epstein’s network and his “extremely disturbing activities.” Thousands more images, both graphic and mundane, remain under review.
Late financier and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein is seen in this image from the Epstein estate, released by the House Oversight Committee Democrats Washington, D.C., U.S., on December 18, 2025. House Oversight Committee Democrats/Handout via REUTERS THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY
Philosopher Noam Chomsky is seen with late financier and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein in this undated image from the U.S. Justice Department’s file released by House Oversight Committee Democrats in Washington, D.C., U.S., on December 18, 2025. House Oversight Committee Democrats/Handout via REUTERS THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY
Calls for DOJ action
California Representative Robert Garcia, the top Democrat on the Oversight Committee, said the ongoing releases raise questions about what the Department of Justice holds. “Oversight Democrats will continue to release photographs and documents from the Epstein estate to provide transparency for the American people,” Garcia said as reported in Reuters. “We must end this White House cover-up, and the DOJ must release the Epstein files now.”
A Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Department of Corrections inmate request form is seen in this image from the U.S. Justice Department’s file on the late financier and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, released by the House Oversight Committee Democrats, Washington, D.C., U.S., on December 18, 2025. House Oversight Committee Democrats/Handout via REUTERS THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY
An image of a prescription bottle of phenazopyridine is seen in this undated handout image from the estate of the late financier and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, released by the House Oversight Committee Democrats, Washington, D.C., U.S., on December 18, 2025. House Oversight Committee Democrats/Handout via REUTERS THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY. REDACTED AREAS FROM SOURCE.
The White House responded that the latest release does not alter its stance. “President Trump has been consistently calling for transparency related to the Epstein files and his administration has delivered,” spokeswoman Abigail Jackson said.
Democrats plan to continue releasing images and documents in the lead-up to the Friday deadline set by the Epstein Files Transparency Act, aiming to ensure full public access to the Justice Department’s files.
