House Democrats released a selection of photos from the estate of Jeffrey Epstein on Friday, including some of President Trump and former President Clinton, per the AP. The 19 photos released by Democratic lawmakers on the House Oversight Committee were a small part of more than 95,000 they received from the estate of Epstein, who died in a New York jail cell in 2019 while awaiting sex trafficking charges. The Wall Street Journal has them indexed by name, and NBC News notes that they don't appear to show any illegal activity. The photos released Friday were separate from the case files that the Department of Justice is now compelled to release.
The photos were released without captions or context and included a black-and-white image of Trump alongside six women whose faces were blacked out. The committee did not say why their faces were blacked out. Several of the photos have already circulated in the public. Democrats pledged to continue to release photos in the days and weeks ahead, as they look to pressure Trump over his administration's earlier refusal to release documents in the Epstein probe.
"It is time to end this White House cover-up and bring justice to the survivors of Jeffrey Epstein and his powerful friends," said Rep. Robert Garcia, the top Democrat on the Oversight Committee, in a statement. The White House did not immediately respond to a request for comment about the photos.
Trump, once a close friend of Epstein, has said that he parted ways with him long before he faced the sex trafficking charges. Clinton, too, has minimized his relationship with Epstein, acknowledging that he traveled on Epstein's private jet but saying through a spokesperson that he had no knowledge of the late financier's crimes.
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