House Democrats released several dozen more photos on Thursday from the estate of the convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, showing his associations with the rich and famous, as the US Department of Justice faces a deadline to release many of its case files on the late financier by the end of the week.
The photos released Thursday were among more than 95,000 that the House Oversight Committee has received after issuing a subpoena for the photos that Epstein had in his possession before he died in a New York jail cell in 2019.
Congress has also passed, and US President Donald Trump has signed, a law requiring the Justice Department to release its case files on Epstein, and his long-time girlfriend and confidante Ghislaine Maxwell, by Friday.
Anticipation about what those files will show is running high after they have been the subject of conspiracy theories and speculation about his friendships with Trump, former US president Bill Clinton, Britain’s former prince Andrew and others.
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House Democrats have already released dozens of photos from Epstein’s estate showing Trump, Clinton and Andrew, who lost his royal title and privileges this year amid scrutiny of his relationship with the wealthy financier.
The photos released on Thursday showed Epstein cooking with Sultan Ahmed bin Sulayem, an Emirati businessman.
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The photos also include the billionaire Bill Gates and images of a 2011 dinner of notable people and wealthy philanthropists hosted by a non-profit group.
The committee made no accusations of wrongdoing by the men in the photos.