House Oversight Committee Democrats released another tranche of photos from the Jeffrey Epstein estate on Friday, part of a trove the estate has produced to Congress that Democrats say totals more than 95,000 images. The latest uploads — including a batch of 73 photos posted late Friday — contain images of Epstein, his properties, and a number of well‑known figures. The photos were released without context, and it is unclear when or where many were taken. None of those pictured has been accused of wrongdoing in connection with the images.
Several pictures depict former President Donald Trump. In one black‑and‑white shot, Trump smiles while posing with six women whose faces are redacted; another shows him alongside Epstein talking to a smiling woman whose face is not redacted. At a White House event Friday, a reporter asked Mr. Trump if he had a reaction to the newly released photos. “Well, I haven’t seen ’em, but I mean, everybody knew this man,” he said. “He was all over Palm Beach, he has photos with everybody, I mean, almost — there are hundreds and hundreds of people that have photos with him, so that’s no big deal. I know nothing about it.” Trump has previously said he ended his friendship with Epstein many years ago and had no knowledge of his crimes.
A signed photograph among the releases shows former President Bill Clinton posing 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 for travel related to the Clinton Foundation, with staff, foundation supporters and Secret Service on every leg, and that Clinton “knows nothing about the terrible crimes” Epstein pleaded guilty to or was later charged with.
Other prominent people 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 alongside Andrew Mountbatten‑Windsor and again standing next to an unidentified pilot. Messages and reporting have shown Gates met with Epstein several times beginning in 2011; Gates has called his dealings with Epstein a “huge mistake.”
Filmmaker Woody Allen and former Treasury Secretary Larry Summers also appear among the released images. Summers is shown inside a jet in one photo; documents released earlier this year prompted Summers to resign from the OpenAI board and step away from other roles after compromising exchanges with Epstein surfaced. Allen appears in multiple images — including one with former Trump adviser Steve Bannon — and has said his ties to Epstein were limited to social events attended with his wife.
The newly released pictures include a number of intimate and disturbing images and items. Several photos appear to show sex toys and restraints: one image contains safety instructions for a “jawbreaker gag,” another shows a black elastomer glove with textured fingers, and a third depicts multiple devices beside a pamphlet labeled “extreme restraints catalog sampler.” Another image shows what appear to be 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 that reads “Trump condom $4.50.” Other images depict parts of Epstein’s properties, including his private island in the U.S. Virgin Islands; one shows Epstein in a bathtub and another a selfie with a swollen lip.
Top Oversight Democrat Rep. Robert Garcia of California told reporters some photos the committee received are “incredibly disturbing.” He said Democrats had received the files “just last night” and had reviewed roughly 25,000 of the 95,000 images provided by Epstein’s estate so far. Garcia urged further releases and subpoenas for emails tied to the photos and bank records from institutions that did business with Epstein, and said the committee has redacted content to avoid harming victims. “The thing right now that’s the most important is there is one man who has the power to release the files and get to the truth and bring justice to the survivors, and that’s Donald Trump,” Garcia said, calling on the president to “release the files to the American public.”
Republicans on the Oversight Committee and the White House pushed back, accusing Democrats of selectively releasing and redacting images to create a false narrative. A GOP committee spokesperson said Democrats were “cherry‑picking photos and making targeted redactions to create a false narrative about President Trump.” White House spokeswoman Abigail Jackson accused Democrats of releasing “cherry‑picked photos with random redactions to try and create a false narrative” and referenced past messages linking some Democrats on the committee to Epstein. The White House statement said the “Democrat hoax against President Trump has been repeatedly debunked” and defended the administration’s record on transparency.
The releases from the Oversight Committee are separate from broader disclosures required under the Epstein Files Transparency Act, passed by Congress in November. That law required the Justice Department to publicly release files related to Epstein and Maxwell within 30 days, with exceptions for survivors’ personal information and other sensitive material. The administration faces a Dec. 19 deadline to produce documents under that law. In recent days, three federal judges ordered unsealing of various grand jury materials and investigative records from the Justice Department’s 2019 investigation into Epstein and Maxwell after the department renewed requests for public release following the new law.
Productions from Epstein’s estate and the Justice Department are ongoing. Committee Democrats have said they will continue reviewing the full set of photos and releasing additional images to the public in the days and weeks ahead. Republicans have said the handful of images released so far do not show wrongdoing, while Democrats and advocates for survivors have urged transparency and fuller disclosure to help pursue justice.