Democratic lawmakers have released a fresh batch of what they termed "disturbing" 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 first release of 19 photographs—a portion of which have been previously circulated—along with another 70 issued later on Friday constitute a small number of the nearly 100,000 images handed over to the House investigative panel, which is examining the behavior and associations of Epstein.
The fallen money manager was a victim of apparent suicide in a New York detention cell in 2019 after being accused of sex-trafficking offenses.
Featured among the notable figures shown in the opening set are celebrities including movie maker Woody Allen; Microsoft founder Bill Gates; and Richard Branson, creator of the Virgin empire.
Donald Trump is pictured in three of the first nineteen images. In one, he is pictured with six women, whose faces are redacted.
The White House reacted to the release in a statement, alleging Democrats of selectively "cherry-picking" the photographs for electoral motives and to "seek to establish a false narrative."
"This Democratic fabrication against President Trump has been consistently disproven," a White House spokesperson stated, asserting that "this presidency has done more for Epstein's victims than Democrats have ever done by consistently demanding transparency, disclosing thousands of pages of papers, and calling for further investigations into Epstein's Democrat friends."
The photographs were published lacking captions, but per a Democratic representative from California and ranking member of the oversight committee, they elicit additional doubts about Epstein's links with the rich and powerful.
"The moment has come to halt this White House cover-up and bring justice to the survivors of Jeffrey Epstein and his influential associates," he stated in a release.
The disclosure of these images comes as the House panel continuing its investigation into the affair.
Lena is a tech journalist with over a decade of experience covering consumer electronics and emerging technologies.