Administration Decries 'Democratic Hoax' as More Jeffrey Epstein Photos Released
House Democrats have made public a additional set of what they described as "troubling" images from the property of convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, depicting among others Donald Trump, Bill Clinton, and ex-UK prince Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor.
The opening batch of 19 images—a portion of which have been seen before—along with another 70 issued later on Friday represent a minuscule portion of the almost 100,000 images released to the House oversight committee, which is examining the behavior and associations of Epstein.
The fallen money manager was a victim of apparent suicide in a New York detention cell in 2019 after being charged with sex-trafficking offenses.
High-Profile Individuals in the Images
Among the prominent personalities visible in the initial batch are well-known figures featuring movie maker Woody Allen; Microsoft founder Bill Gates; and Richard Branson, originator of the Virgin conglomerate.
Donald Trump appears in three of the initial 19 images. In one, he is seen with six women, whose faces are blacked out.
Administration Response
The White House reacted to the release in a statement, charging Democrats of purposefully "cherry-picking" the pictures for partisan aims and to "seek to establish a false narrative."
"The Democrat hoax against President Trump has been consistently disproven," an administration official stated, maintaining that "this presidency has done more for Epstein's survivors than Democrats have at any point by frequently urging transparency, making public thousands of pages of papers, and calling for additional probes into Epstein's Democratic associates."
Congressional Democrat Remarks
The photos were released lacking captions, but as stated by a California Democrat and senior member of the oversight committee, they elicit additional doubts about Epstein's links with affluent people.
"Now is the occasion to end this White House obfuscation and deliver justice to the survivors of Jeffrey Epstein and his powerful friends," he declared in a statement.
The publication of these images comes as the House panel continuing its investigation into the affair.
