House Democrats release Epstein photos from new trove
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Trump, Clinton seen in pictures produced by Epstein estate
At least three of the images released by the Oversight Committee show either President Trump or former President Bill Clinton. The photos were released without context, and it’s unclear where or when they were snapped. Neither of them has been accused of wrongdoing.
In one black-and-white picture, Mr. Trump is seen smiling as he poses with six women, whose faces are redacted. In another, he is seen alongside Epstein, as they talk to a smiling woman whose face is not redacted.
A photo produced by the estate of Jeffrey Epstein. House Oversight Committee Democrats A photo produced by the estate of Jeffrey Epstein. House Oversight Committee Democrats
Mr. Trump has acknowledged he knew Epstein socially in the 1990s and early 2000s but said he cut ties years ago.
Clinton is shown in a signed photograph posing with Epstein, Maxwell and two others.
A photo produced by the estate of Jeffrey Epstein. House Oversight Committee Democrats
A spokesperson for Clinton said in 2019 after Epstein was indicted on federal charges that the former president took four trips on Epstein’s plane in 2002 and 2003, traveling to Europe, Asia and Africa. Angel Ureña, the spokesperson, said the trips included stops in connection with the Clinton Foundation, and staff, foundation supporters, and Clinton’s Secret Service detail were on every leg of every trip.
“President Clinton knows nothing about the terrible crimes Jeffrey Epstein pleaded guilty to in Florida some years ago or those with which he has been recently charged in New York,” he said.
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New photos come from trove of 95,000 images produced by Epstein estate
In a release, Democrats on the committee said the new release comes from a trove of 95,000 photos the Epstein estate has produced to Congress.
“This latest production contains over 95,000 photos, including images of the wealthy and powerful men who spent time with Jeffrey Epstein. Images also include thousands of photographs of women and Epstein properties,” the release said. “Committee Democrats are reviewing the full set of photos and will continue to release photos to the public in the days and weeks ahead.”
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New release comes ahead of deadline for Epstein files
The Trump administration faces a Dec. 19 deadline to produce documents related to Epstein under a new law known as the Epstein Files Transparency Act, which Congress passed in November.
The law required the Justice Department to publicly release files related to Epstein and his co-conspirator Ghislaine Maxwell within 30 days, with some exceptions for survivors’ personal information and other sensitive material.
That effort is separate from the Oversight Committee’s probe, which issued subpoenas to the Department of Justice and Epstein’s estate earlier this year. The Department of Justice has produced about 30,000 to 35,000 documents, a source familiar said in late November. Recent public releases from the committee include images of Epstein’s private island, and a now-infamous “birthday book” with a tawdry drawing surrounding a note that appears to bear President Trump’s signature. He has denied penning the note.
Productions from Epstein’s estate are ongoing, and the committee is likely to release other batches of files in the months after the Justice Department’s Dec. 19 deadline. The committee also recently issued subpoenas to banks that had relationships with Epstein, and has vowed to release material stemming from that.
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Judges have already ordered unsealing of grand jury material in Epstein and Maxwell cases
Over the past week, three federal judges have ordered grand jury material from cases involving Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell to be unsealed after the Justice Department renewed requests for the records to be made public following enactment of the Epstein Files Transparency Act.
On Wednesday, U.S. District Judge Richard Berman ordered the release of grand jury materials and investigative records, documents and communications stemming from the Justice Department’s 2019 investigation into Epstein.
The disgraced financier was indicted on sex trafficking charges in the Southern District of New York in July 2019. He died by suicide at a Manhattan correctional facility weeks later while awaiting trial.
A second judge in New York, Paul Engelmayer, granted the Justice Department’s request to unseal a “voluminous” set of grand jury transcripts and evidence from the federal case against Maxwell, a longtime friend of Epstein’s. She was convicted of sex trafficking charges in 2021 and is serving a 20-year prison sentence.
