House Democrats have made public a new tranche of what they labeled "alarming" images from the property of adjudicated sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, including among others Donald Trump, Bill Clinton, and ex-UK prince Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor.
The opening batch of 19 images—a portion of which have been seen before—plus another 70 released later on Friday represent a minuscule portion of the approximately 100,000 images released to the House oversight committee, which is examining the behavior and associations of Epstein.
The disgraced financier died by an apparent self-inflicted death in a New York jail cell in 2019 after being accused of sex-trafficking charges.
Featured among the high-profile individuals seen in the opening set are well-known figures such as film director Woody Allen; Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates; and Richard Branson, creator of the Virgin conglomerate.
Donald Trump is pictured in three of the initial 19 images. In one, he is photographed with six women, whose faces are obscured.
The White House responded to the release in a statement, charging Democrats of selectively "cherry-picking" the images for electoral motives and to "attempt to fabricate a false storyline."
"This Democratic fabrication against President Trump has been consistently disproven," an administration official remarked, asserting that "the current government has done more for Epstein's survivors than Democrats have ever done by frequently urging transparency, disclosing reams of papers, and calling for more inquiries into Epstein's Democratic associates."
The images were published lacking captions, but per a Democratic representative from California and senior member of the oversight committee, they raise more questions about Epstein's connections to affluent people.
"The moment has come to stop this White House concealment and secure justice to the survivors of Jeffrey Epstein and his influential associates," he said in a comment.
The publication of these documents coincides with the House panel proceeding with its probe into the affair.
