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Washington: US House Democrats on Friday released 19 new photos recovered from Jeffrey Epstein’s palatial home. These photos show President Donald Trump, former President Bill Clinton, Bill Gates, and other prominent figures. These photos come just ahead of the Justice Department’s highly anticipated Epstein files, which are expected to be released next week. The photos show several prominent figures, including Donald Trump, Bill Clinton, and Bill Gates, with women, though nothing incriminating ( Illegal Activity’) appears.
Donald Trump Appears in Three Photos
President Donald Trump appears in three of the photos. In one, he is seen with six women whose faces are obscured. In the second, he is seen on a plane with a woman, whose face is also obscured. In a third photo, Trump is seen with Epstein and a white woman in a group photo at an event. Former White House adviser and Trump supporter Steve Bannon also appears in three photos. In one, he is seen with Epstein in his office, in another, taking a mirror selfie with the financier, and in a third, talking to director Woody Allen.
Gates and Clinton also appear in photos
Bill Gates is seen posing with the pilot near the plane, and in another, with Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor (formerly Prince Andrew, but stripped of his title due to the Epstein controversy). Former US President Bill Clinton is seen in a signed photo with Epstein, his partner Ghislaine Maxwell, and two others. Several photos show sexual objects, such as “Trump Condoms” placed in a bowl with Trump’s face and the words “I’m Huge!” written on it. Former Treasury Secretary Larry Summers, director Woody Allen, and former Trump lawyer and Harvard professor Alan Dershowitz are also pictured.
Bill Gates also appears in two photos.
These photos do not depict any illegal activity. It is unclear when or who took them. These 19 photos are from Epstein’s estate and are part of the 95,000 photos being investigated by the House Oversight Committee. They are not part of the long-awaited Epstein files, which are to be released by the Justice Department by December 19th. Not all of the photos released today are new, as the BBC identified three of them as previously published by news agencies. This includes a cropped photo of Bill Gates and Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor; the original uncropped photo shows the two standing with King Charles III (then Prince of Wales).
Donald Trump in one of the photos.
Earlier this month, House Democrats released more than 150 photographs and video footage of Epstein’s Caribbean island, obtained from the Justice Department. The Justice Department is scheduled to release all of its Epstein files by the end of next week. In November, Congress passed a law requiring the documents to be made public within 30 days, with a deadline of December 19. The law passed nearly unanimously, with some Republicans pushing for the files to be released, ignoring Trump. Trump had said during his election campaign last year that he would release the documents, but the Justice Department, under his leadership, backtracked and said it would not make them public.
