House Democrats have released a new tranche of what they labeled "troubling" images from the estate of adjudicated sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, depicting among others Donald Trump, Bill Clinton, and former British royal Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor.
The initial drop of 19 images—a portion of which have been previously circulated—plus another 70 released later on Friday represent a minuscule portion of the nearly 100,000 images released to the House investigative panel, 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 offenses.
Included in the high-profile individuals seen in the opening set are celebrities featuring film director Woody Allen; Microsoft creator Bill Gates; and Richard Branson, founder of the Virgin empire.
Donald Trump is featured in three of the first nineteen images. In one, he is pictured with six women, whose faces are redacted.
The White House responded to the release in a statement, accusing Democrats of purposefully "cherry-picking" the images for partisan aims and to "seek to establish a false narrative."
"The Democrat hoax against President Trump has been time and again refuted," a White House spokesperson stated, insisting that "this presidency has achieved more for Epstein's survivors than Democrats ever have by repeatedly calling for openness, making public numerous documents of documents, and calling for more inquiries into Epstein's liberal connections."
The photographs were released lacking captions, but per a Democratic representative from California and senior member of the oversight committee, they elicit additional doubts about Epstein's links with the rich and powerful.
"The moment has come to stop this White House obfuscation and secure justice to the victims of Jeffrey Epstein and his influential associates," he said in a release.
The publication of these materials comes as the House panel proceeding with its inquiry into the affair.
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