Democrats on the House Oversight Committee on Friday publicly released a new set of photographs from the estate of the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. The images feature President Donald Trump, among other prominent individuals.
The batch includes three photos of Trump. One shows him with several women whose faces are redacted. Another depicts him with his wife, Melania Trump, seated next to another woman. The released photos also include images of former President Bill Clinton, filmmaker Woody Allen, billionaire Bill Gates, and Prince Andrew.
A Democratic committee aide stated the panel is reviewing a full set of approximately 95,000 photos provided by Epstein’s estate and will continue to release them to the public in the coming days and weeks. The aide noted the photos do not implicate those pictured in Epstein’s crimes, and the specific times and locations of the photos are unclear.
Republicans on the House Oversight Committee and the White House criticized the release. A spokesperson for the committee’s Republicans accused Democrats of “cherry-picking images to create a false narrative about the president.” White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre called the move a “partisan political stunt.”
Trump and Epstein were friends during the 1990s and early 2000s. Trump has consistently denied any knowledge of Epstein’s abuse and sex trafficking of underage girls.