House Democrats release latest Epstein images as DOJ deadline looms

Legislators have been publishing photos related to convicted sex offender as Justice Department faces Friday deadline to release more.Published On 18 Dec 2025Democrats in the United States House of Representatives have released dozens more photos from the estate of financier and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.The release on Thursday comes a day before the Department of Justice faces a deadline to release a more comprehensive set of files related to Epstein, who died in a New York jail in 2019 while awaiting sex-trafficking charges.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemslist 1 of 3Epstein victims expect death threats to rise as US release of files nearslist 2 of 3Ghislaine Maxwell to seek release from prison: Court filinglist 3 of 3Israel’s ex-PM Ehud Barak and Epstein had close relationship, emails revealend of listIn a statement, Democrats on the House Oversight Committee said they would “continue releasing photographs and documents to provide transparency for the American people”.“It’s time for the Department of Justice to release the files,” they said.The latest trove includes photos of Epstein with public intellectual Noam Chomsky, as well as images of billionaire Bill Gates, filmmaker Woody Allen and former Donald Trump strategist Steve Bannon at Epstein’s compound.One release shows a screenshot of a text exchange in which an unknown sender appears to discuss recruiting young women.“I have a friend scout she sent me some girls today. But she asks 1000$ per girl. I will send u girls now. Maybe someone will be good for J?” the post says.An undated photo released by Democrats on the House Oversight Committee on Thursday, December 18, 2025, shows professor and political activist Noam Chomsky with Jeffrey Epstein.Other images show women’s passports and the body of an unidentified woman with messages written on her skin, next to Vladimir Nabokov’s Lolita, a novel about a man’s sexual obsession with a child.Like a trove of images released last week, the materials released on Thursday were not accompanied by any further context or details. Last week’s images also showed Bannon, Allen, and Gates, as well as former US President Bill Clinton and former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak.