Democrats on the House Oversight Committee released the latest batch of Epstein files on Friday, showing images of President Donald Trump, former President Bill Clinton, former Treasury Secretary Larry Summers, and former White House adviser Steve Bannon with the late sex trafficker.
Jeffrey Epstein and his properties are featured in 19 photos alongside the aforementioned individuals and other high-profile figures, including Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates and filmmaker Woody Allen. A small portion of the released photos depicted sexually explicit material.
Rep. Robert Garcia (D-CA), who serves as ranking member of the House Oversight Committee, accused Trump of covering for Epstein.
“It is time to end this White House cover-up and bring justice to the survivors of Jeffrey Epstein and his powerful friends,” Garcia said in a statement. “These disturbing photos raise even more questions about Epstein and his relationships with some of the most powerful men in the world. We will not rest until the American people get the truth. The Department of Justice must release all the files, NOW.”
Oversight Democrats’ latest press release comes after Congress voted on a bill that compels the Justice Department to release all relevant Epstein files. Trump got behind the idea ahead of the vote. Once it passed both the House and Senate last month, the bill was signed by the president.
The DOJ has since moved to comply with the law by requesting courts to release the grand jury transcripts from Epstein’s and Ghislaine Maxwell’s criminal cases.
In some of the photos, faces of certain women were blacked out. Oversight Democrats said this censorship is meant to protect the identities of Epstein survivors.
They plan to release more photos to the public in the coming days and weeks.
HOUSE DEMOCRATS RELEASE ‘NEVER-BEFORE-SEEN’ PHOTOS AND VIDEOS OF EPSTEIN’S PRIVATE ISLAND
The Republican majority on the committee said the panel’s Democrats were selectively choosing photos out of the total 95,000 that they received from the Epstein estate.
“Once again, ranking member Robert Garcia and Oversight Committee Democrats are cherry-picking photos and making targeted redactions to create a false narrative about President Trump,” a spokesperson for the House Oversight Committee told the Washington Examiner. “We received over 95,000 photos, and Democrats released just a handful. Democrats’ hoax against President Trump has been completely debunked. Nothing in the documents we’ve received shows any wrongdoing. It is shameful Rep. Garcia and Democrats continue to put politics above justice for the survivors.”
