在司法部截止日期的前一天发布它的文件周四，众议院监督委员会的民主党人杰弗里·爱泼斯坦被判犯有性侵犯罪公开披露了已故金融家的遗产提供的另一批照片，以回应国会的传票。
该委员会的民主党资深议员罗伯特·加西亚(Robert Garcia)在一份声明中表示，缓存的约70张照片中包括经过大量编辑的女性护照照片、与爱泼斯坦有关联的著名男子的照片，以及“关于为杰弗里·爱泼斯坦招募女性的短信”。该委员会发布这些照片时，没有任何解释照片背景的上下文。
加西亚在声明中说:“监督民主党人将继续公布爱泼斯坦遗产的照片和文件，以向美国人民提供透明度。”“随着《爱泼斯坦文件透明法案》截止日期的临近，这些新图像引发了更多关于司法部到底掌握了什么的问题。我们必须结束白宫的掩盖行为，DOJ必须立即公布爱泼斯坦的档案。”
周四发布的照片来自更大一批超过95，000张图片上周移交的在爱泼斯坦庄园旁边。这些照片被提供给国会，但没有背景、时间和地点。民主党人说，这些图像因此“按照收到的样子呈现”。
有几张图片显示一个女人的小腿和脚放在看起来像床的东西上，背景是弗拉基米尔·纳博科夫的平装本《洛丽塔》。在这个女人的脚上有一段手写的引文，引自1955年的一部有争议的小说，讲的是一个教授对一个年轻女孩的痴迷。
“她是Lo，普通的Lo，在早上，穿着一只袜子站着四英尺十英寸，”引用说。
有几张来自乌克兰、俄罗斯联邦、南非、意大利、捷克共和国和立陶宛的女性的护照和身份证图片。所有的识别信息都被从照片中删除了。2006年，爱泼斯坦因教唆未成年人在佛罗里达州被捕入狱后，据称他已将注意力转向从东欧国家招募年轻女性。
爱泼斯坦自杀身亡2019年在纽约监狱。
周四发布的一个短信聊天的截图-参与者没有透露-似乎涉及到关于招募一名18岁女子与爱泼斯坦见面的讨论。
“我现在会送你女孩，”信息说。“说不定会有人对J好呢?”
一份经过编辑的描述列出了该女子的姓名、年龄、身高、体重和身体尺寸。这条信息表明这个女人来自俄罗斯。
一张图片显示了爱泼斯坦于2019年3月签发的最后一本美国护照，另一张图片显示了护照页面，该页面显示爱泼斯坦被判犯有对未成年人的性犯罪。
爱泼斯坦微笑着和一个穿着类似美国海关和边境保护局制服的人握手。
有一个镜头显示，爱泼斯坦和三个年轻女子坐在一起，她们的脸都被黑匣子遮住了。爱泼斯坦似乎正在将手表或手镯戴在其中一名女性的手腕上，而另一名女性则在笔记本电脑上工作，第三名女性则搂着爱泼斯坦。
有一张爱泼斯坦指着飞机窗户的照片。坐在他旁边的一个身份不明的女人在一旁看着，她的脸被一个密文覆盖着。
除了照片的选择众议院民主党人上周公布的爱泼斯坦庄园中，有更多爱泼斯坦加勒比海岛屿住宅的房产照片，加上地图照片，以及大约六张岛屿庄园建筑计划的图像。
众议院监督委员会正在对联邦政府处理对爱泼斯坦和他的助手吉斯莱恩·麦克斯韦尔的调查进行广泛的调查。该委员会的努力与要求DOJ在周五之前公开爱泼斯坦档案的新法律是分开的，尽管有时会重叠。
House Democrats release another batch of Epstein photos
One day before the deadline for the Justice Department torelease its fileson convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, Democrats on the House Oversight Committee on Thursdaypublicly disclosed another batch of photographs provided by the late financier's estate in response to Congressional subpoenas.
The cache of about 70 photos includes include heavily redacted photos of women's passports, images of famous men who associated with Epstein, and "concerning text messages about recruiting women for Jeffrey Epstein," according to a statement from Rep. Robert Garcia, D-Calif., the ranking Democrat on the committee, which released the images without any context explaining the circumstances of the photos.
"Oversight Democrats will continue to release photographs and documents from the Epstein estate to provide transparency for the American people," Garcia said in the statement. "As we approach the deadline for the Epstein Files Transparency Act, these new images raise more questions about what exactly the Department of Justice has in its possession. We must end this White House cover-up, and the DOJ must release the Epstein files now."
The photos released Thursday are from a larger batch of more than 95,000 imagesturned over last weekby the Epstein estate. The photos were provided to Congress without context, timing, or locations. The images are therefore "presented as received," the Democrats said.
There are several images showinga woman's lower leg and foot on what looks like a bed, with a paperback copy of Vladimir Nabokov's "Lolita" in the background.On the woman's foot is a handwritten quote from the controversial 1955 novel about a professor's obsession with a young girl.
"She was Lo, plain Lo, in the morning, standing four feet ten in one sock," the quote reads.
There are several images of passports and ID cards for women from Ukraine, the Russian Federation, South Africa, Italy, the Czech Republic and Lithuania. All identifying information has been redacted from the photos.After Epstein's 2006 arrest and jail sentence in Florida for solicitation of a minor, he was alleged to have turned his focus to recruiting young women from Eastern European countries.
Epsteindied by suicidein a New York jail in 2019.
A screenshot released Thursday of a text message chat -- whose participants are not revealed -- seems to involve a discussion about recruiting an 18-year-old woman to meet Epstein.
"I will send u girls now," the message says."Maybe someone will be good for J?"
A redacted description lists the woman's name, age, height, weight and physical measurements.The message indicates the woman would be traveling from Russia.
An image shows Epstein's final U.S. passport, issued in March of 2019, and another image shows the passport page that identifies Epstein as having been convicted of a sex offense of a minor.
A smiling Epstein is shown shaking the hand of someone who seems to be wearing a uniform resembling that of U.S. Customs and Border Protection.
One shot shows Epstein seated with three young women whose faces are all covered by black boxes. Epstein appears to be putting a watch or bracelet on the wrist of one of the women, while another works on a laptop and the third has her arms around Epstein.
There's a photo of Epstein as he points out an aircraft window. An unidentified woman seated next to him looks on, her face covered by a redaction.
In addition to theselection of photosfrom the Epstein estate that House Democrats made public last week, there are more property shots of Epstein's Caribbean island home, plus photos of maps, and about half a dozen images of architectural plans for the island estate.
The House Oversight Committee is conducting a broad inquiry into the federal government's handling of investigations into Epstein and his associate Ghislaine Maxwell.The committee's efforts are separate from -- though at times overlapping -- the new law that requires the DOJ to make public its files on Epstein by Friday.
