House Oversight Committee Democrats released another batch of photographs from the Jeffrey Epstein estate on Friday, part of what they say is a trove totaling more than 95,000 images produced to Congress. The latest uploads — including 73 photos posted late Friday — show Epstein, his properties and a number of well-known people. The images were made public without context, and it is unclear when or where many were taken; none of those pictured has been accused of wrongdoing based solely on the photos.
Several pictures show former President Donald Trump. One black-and-white image depicts Trump smiling while posing with six women whose faces are redacted; another shows him with Epstein speaking to a smiling woman whose face is not redacted. Asked at a White House event whether he had seen the photos, Trump said he had not, added that Epstein “was all over Palm Beach” and that many people had photographs with him, and repeated that he “knows nothing about it.” Trump has previously said he ended his friendship with Epstein years ago and denied knowledge of Epstein’s crimes.
A signed photograph in the release shows former President Bill Clinton with Epstein, Ghislaine Maxwell and two others. Clinton’s spokesperson has previously said the former president took four trips on Epstein’s plane in 2002 and 2003 that were related to the Clinton Foundation, and that staff, foundation supporters and Secret Service accompanied him; the spokesperson has said Clinton “knows nothing about the terrible crimes” Epstein pleaded guilty to or was later charged with.
Other prominent figures identified in the photos include Virgin Group co-founder Richard Branson, inventor Dean Kamen, Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates and Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, formerly Prince Andrew, Duke of York. Gates appears in at least two images — once with Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor and once next to an unidentified pilot. Reporting and messages previously showed Gates met with Epstein several times beginning in 2011; Gates has called those dealings a “huge mistake.”
Filmmaker Woody Allen and former Treasury Secretary Larry Summers also appear. Summers is shown inside a jet in one photo; previously released documents and exchanges with Epstein led Summers to resign from the OpenAI board and step away from other roles. Allen appears in multiple images, including one with former Trump adviser Steve Bannon; he has said his interactions with Epstein were limited to social events attended with his wife.
Some of the newly released pictures include intimate and disturbing items. Several images appear to show sex toys and restraints: one contains safety instructions for a “jawbreaker gag,” another shows a black elastomer glove with textured fingers, and a third displays several devices beside a pamphlet labeled “extreme restraints catalog sampler.” One photo shows party favors — a stack of brown packages printed with a cartoon depiction of President Trump and the words “I’m HUUUUGE!” next to a chalk sign reading “Trump condom $4.50.” Other photos depict parts of Epstein’s properties, including his private island in the U.S. Virgin Islands; additional images show Epstein in a bathtub and a selfie with a swollen lip.
Top Oversight Democrat Rep. Robert Garcia of California called some of the photos “incredibly disturbing,” saying Democrats had received the files “just last night” and reviewed roughly 25,000 of the more than 95,000 images provided so far. Garcia urged further releases and subpoenas for related emails and bank records, and said the committee has redacted content to avoid harming victims. He also called on President Trump to release files that could help bring justice to survivors.
Republicans on the committee and the White House pushed back, accusing Democrats of selective releases and redactions intended to create a false narrative. A GOP committee spokesperson said Democrats were “cherry-picking photos and making targeted redactions” to mislead about Trump. White House spokeswoman Abigail Jackson called the releases “cherry-picked photos with random redactions” and defended the administration’s record on transparency.
These committee releases are separate from broader disclosures required under the Epstein Files Transparency Act, passed by Congress in November, which directed the Justice Department to make related files public within 30 days, with exceptions for survivors’ personal information and other sensitive material. The administration faces a Dec. 19 deadline under that law. In recent days, three federal judges ordered the unsealing of various grand jury materials and investigative records from the Justice Department’s 2019 investigation into Epstein and Maxwell.
Productions from Epstein’s estate and the Justice Department are ongoing. Committee Democrats said they will keep reviewing and releasing additional images in the days and weeks ahead. Republicans say the handful of images released so far do not show wrongdoing, while Democrats and survivor advocates have urged fuller disclosure to promote transparency and aid efforts to pursue justice.