{"id":61844,"date":"2025-12-18T17:46:33","date_gmt":"2025-12-18T17:46:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/epstein-files-live-updates-as-house-democrats-release-68-new-photos-from-estate\/"},"modified":"2025-12-18T17:46:33","modified_gmt":"2025-12-18T17:46:33","slug":"epstein-files-live-updates-as-house-democrats-release-68-new-photos-from-estate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/epstein-files-live-updates-as-house-democrats-release-68-new-photos-from-estate\/","title":{"rendered":"Epstein files live updates as House Democrats release 68 new photos from estate"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"content__post--af5439c5-0667-4abc-ad40-1f312153c516\">\n            <a name=\"post-update-af5439c5\" class=\"post-update__anchor-link\">\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<p>            <time class=\"post-update__time-ago is-live\" datetime=\"2025-12-18T12:38:00-0500\"><br \/>\n              6m ago<br \/>\n            <\/time><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"post-update__headline\">Photos show a pair of crossbows, pill bottle<\/h2>\n<div class=\"post-update__bodytext\" wp_automatic_readability=\"32.405063291139\">\n<p>One photo shows <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dropbox.com\/scl\/fo\/cl62lochkdzdalbzzqgq8\/ADJIDEfLD1oQZrKmNeae2So?dl=0&amp;e=3&amp;preview=HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_036656_Clean+-+Copy.JPG&amp;rlkey=y7529bx9tl7db6zf279jp3cyu&amp;st=8o7kizhr\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">two camouflage compound bows<\/a>, and another <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dropbox.com\/scl\/fo\/cl62lochkdzdalbzzqgq8\/ADJIDEfLD1oQZrKmNeae2So?dl=0&amp;e=3&amp;preview=HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_037477_Redacted2+-+Copy+-+Copy.jpg&amp;rlkey=y7529bx9tl7db6zf279jp3cyu&amp;st=8o7kizhr\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">shows a pill bottle<\/a> for phenazopyridine. Information on the bottle is blacked out, though it lists an address on E. 66th St. in New York City and the dosage. Epstein owned a massive townhouse on E. 71st St.<\/p>\n<p>Phenazopyridine can be taken to relieve discomfort caused by urinary tract infection or irritation, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mayoclinic.org\/drugs-supplements\/phenazopyridine-oral-route\/description\/drg-20065473\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">according to the Mayo Clinic<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"content__post--b7256618-963a-4bc0-8f98-24f9722ac3e2\">\n            <a name=\"post-update-b7256618\" class=\"post-update__anchor-link\">\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<p>            <time class=\"post-update__time-ago is-live\" datetime=\"2025-12-18T12:17:00-0500\"><br \/>\n              Updated 27m ago<br \/>\n            <\/time><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"post-update__headline\">Photos show lines from &#8220;Lolita,&#8221; written on someone&#8217;s body<\/h2>\n<div class=\"post-update__bodytext\" wp_automatic_readability=\"63.829679595278\">\n<p>Several photos appear to show a passage from Vladimir Nabokov&#8217;s &#8220;Lolita,&#8221; written on different parts of someone&#8217;s body.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dropbox.com\/scl\/fo\/cl62lochkdzdalbzzqgq8\/ADJIDEfLD1oQZrKmNeae2So?dl=0&amp;e=3&amp;preview=b_HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_037363_Clean+-+Copy.JPG&amp;rlkey=y7529bx9tl7db6zf279jp3cyu&amp;st=8o7kizhr\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">first blurry image<\/a> shows a line scrawled on her chest. It reads: &#8220;Lo-lee-ta: the tip of the tongue taking a trip of three steps down the palate to tap, at three, on the teeth.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The next line from the passage appears on her foot, which is seen in the foreground of a photo. The book is visible in the background of the picture:\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;She was Lo, plain Lo, in the morning, standing four feet ten in one sock,&#8221; the line reads.\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-image is-image embed--float-none embed--size-medium\" data-ads=\"{\" extrawordcount\":50}\"=\"\">\n<p>      <span class=\"img embed__content\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/12\/18\/38e9d06d-f311-43e4-9ddc-e539753cdd2c\/thumbnail\/620x492\/c528b5134a1fad57e96894235d285719\/7a51a1301d97c1e2a65c526a54fb2a612e1d747f6d345e5a5901395361393203.jpg#\" alt=\"A photo of a foot with a line from \" lolita,\"=\"\" which=\"\" the=\"\" epstein=\"\" estate=\"\" provided=\"\" to=\"\" congress.=\"\" \"=\"\" height=\"492\" width=\"620\" class=\" lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/12\/18\/38e9d06d-f311-43e4-9ddc-e539753cdd2c\/thumbnail\/620x492\/c528b5134a1fad57e96894235d285719\/7a51a1301d97c1e2a65c526a54fb2a612e1d747f6d345e5a5901395361393203.jpg 1x, https:\/\/assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/12\/18\/38e9d06d-f311-43e4-9ddc-e539753cdd2c\/thumbnail\/1240x984\/7f84b37475f759213bc30b01e97a8e4d\/7a51a1301d97c1e2a65c526a54fb2a612e1d747f6d345e5a5901395361393203.jpg 2x\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/span><figcaption class=\"embed__caption-container\">\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__caption\">A photo of a foot with a line from &#8220;Lolita,&#8221; which the Epstein estate provided to Congress.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__credit\"><\/p>\n<p>                House Oversight Committee Democrats<\/p>\n<p>                          <\/span><br \/>\n              <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The next line, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dropbox.com\/scl\/fo\/cl62lochkdzdalbzzqgq8\/ADJIDEfLD1oQZrKmNeae2So?dl=0&amp;e=3&amp;preview=b_HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_037366+-+Copy.JPG&amp;rlkey=y7529bx9tl7db6zf279jp3cyu&amp;st=8o7kizhr\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">shown<\/a> near the person&#8217;s hip: &#8220;She was Lola in slacks,&#8221; followed by an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dropbox.com\/scl\/fo\/cl62lochkdzdalbzzqgq8\/ADJIDEfLD1oQZrKmNeae2So?dl=0&amp;e=3&amp;preview=b_HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_037367+-+Copy.JPG&amp;rlkey=y7529bx9tl7db6zf279jp3cyu&amp;st=8o7kizhr\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">image<\/a> of her neck, displaying, &#8220;She was Dolly at school.&#8221; The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dropbox.com\/scl\/fo\/cl62lochkdzdalbzzqgq8\/ADJIDEfLD1oQZrKmNeae2So?dl=0&amp;e=3&amp;preview=b_HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_037368+-+Copy.JPG&amp;rlkey=y7529bx9tl7db6zf279jp3cyu&amp;st=8o7kizhr\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">final image<\/a> shows the line, written along the person&#8217;s spine, &#8220;She was Dolores on the dotted line.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Not seen in any images is the final line from the passage: &#8220;But in my arms she was always Lolita.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Epstein kept a first edition copy of &#8220;Lolita&#8221; in the office of his New York City home. The novel is about a man&#8217;s obsession with, and sexual abuse of, a 12-year-old girl.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"content__post--5a5819ab-8601-454e-b130-63c583267657\">\n            <a name=\"post-update-5a5819ab\" class=\"post-update__anchor-link\">\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<p>            <time class=\"post-update__time-ago is-live\" datetime=\"2025-12-18T12:16:00-0500\"><br \/>\n              28m ago<br \/>\n            <\/time><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"post-update__headline\">Latest tranche includes travel documents and ID cards from various countries<\/h2>\n<div class=\"post-update__bodytext\" wp_automatic_readability=\"38.370437956204\">\n<p>Among the images released by House Democrats are various <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dropbox.com\/scl\/fo\/cl62lochkdzdalbzzqgq8\/ADJIDEfLD1oQZrKmNeae2So?dl=0&amp;e=3&amp;preview=d_HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_037838_Redacted+-+Copy.jpg&amp;rlkey=y7529bx9tl7db6zf279jp3cyu&amp;st=8o7kizhr\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">travel documents<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dropbox.com\/scl\/fo\/cl62lochkdzdalbzzqgq8\/ADJIDEfLD1oQZrKmNeae2So?dl=0&amp;e=3&amp;preview=d_HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_065430_Redacted+-+Copy.jpg&amp;rlkey=y7529bx9tl7db6zf279jp3cyu&amp;st=8o7kizhr\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">identification cards<\/a> from foreign nations, as well as a photo of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dropbox.com\/scl\/fo\/cl62lochkdzdalbzzqgq8\/ADJIDEfLD1oQZrKmNeae2So?dl=0&amp;e=3&amp;preview=c_HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_071185_Clean+-+Copy.jpg&amp;rlkey=y7529bx9tl7db6zf279jp3cyu&amp;st=8o7kizhr\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Epstein&#8217;s U.S. passport<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>There are also passports from Lithuania, Ukraine, the Czech Republic and Russia, with most identifying information blacked out. The passports indicate the holders are female, and the Democrats said they belonged to &#8220;women whom Jeffrey Epstein and his conspirators were engaging.&#8221; The release also includes a South African &#8220;national identity card&#8221; and an Italian driver&#8217;s license.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"content__post--747fb2ed-7170-47cc-8bda-80b08340df6c\">\n            <a name=\"post-update-747fb2ed\" class=\"post-update__anchor-link\">\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<p>            <time class=\"post-update__time-ago is-live\" datetime=\"2025-12-18T12:08:00-0500\"><br \/>\n              36m ago<br \/>\n            <\/time><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"post-update__headline\">Garcia says new images &#8220;raise more questions&#8221; about what material the Justice Department has<\/h2>\n<div class=\"post-update__bodytext\" wp_automatic_readability=\"43\">\n<p>Rep. Robert Garcia, the top Democrat on the Oversight Committee, vowed that Democrats will continue to make public photos and documents from Epstein&#8217;s estate &#8220;to provide transparency for the American people.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;As we approach the deadline for the Epstein Files Transparency Act, these new images raise more questions about what exactly the Department of Justice has in its possession,&#8221; he said in a statement. &#8220;We must end this White House cover-up, and the DOJ must release the Epstein files now.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"content__post--57d9a2c3-bbbf-4f14-9435-09e6eafa024c\">\n            <a name=\"post-update-57d9a2c3\" class=\"post-update__anchor-link\">\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<p>            <time class=\"post-update__time-ago is-live\" datetime=\"2025-12-18T12:03:00-0500\"><br \/>\n              Updated 41m ago<br \/>\n            <\/time><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"post-update__headline\">Photos show Ukrainian passport, text messages about 18-year-old from Russia<\/h2>\n<div class=\"post-update__bodytext\" wp_automatic_readability=\"43\">\n<p>Also included is a photo of a Ukrainian woman&#8217;s passport, with identifying information blacked out:<\/p>\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-image is-image embed--float-none embed--size-medium\" data-ads=\"{\" extrawordcount\":50}\"=\"\">\n<p>      <span class=\"img embed__content\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/12\/18\/575cecfd-80f0-431a-90cb-3d6261265735\/thumbnail\/620x845\/36ae8ef4f18bb3fa94a5a13e85d2a50c\/86646bccbc0db0d40e39f4ed8a1736c376e7c4a86802759aa549f2f8547f9739.jpg#\" alt=\"A photo of a Ukrainian woman's passport which the Epstein estate provided to Congress. \" height=\"845\" width=\"620\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/12\/18\/575cecfd-80f0-431a-90cb-3d6261265735\/thumbnail\/620x845\/36ae8ef4f18bb3fa94a5a13e85d2a50c\/86646bccbc0db0d40e39f4ed8a1736c376e7c4a86802759aa549f2f8547f9739.jpg 1x, https:\/\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/12\/18\/575cecfd-80f0-431a-90cb-3d6261265735\/thumbnail\/1240x1690\/0cd23866870b232d5a53554ab89c3e3e\/86646bccbc0db0d40e39f4ed8a1736c376e7c4a86802759aa549f2f8547f9739.jpg 2x\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/span><figcaption class=\"embed__caption-container\">\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__caption\">A photo of a Ukrainian woman&#8217;s passport.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__credit\"><\/p>\n<p>                House Oversight Committee Democrats<\/p>\n<p>                          <\/span><br \/>\n              <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Another picture shows a screenshot of a series of text messages from an unknown sender. The messages refer to an 18-year-old from Russia and mention someone asking for &#8220;1000$ per girl&#8221;:<\/p>\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-image is-image embed--float-none embed--size-medium\" data-ads=\"{\" extrawordcount\":50}\"=\"\">\n<p>      <span class=\"img embed__content\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/12\/18\/1599ed32-3249-408e-a915-fe3452522fd9\/thumbnail\/620x822\/e107a1f45d3d8180863f65de05ba5f18\/3952942bb44d6644fe09ec112d0ea35efba479a93bd662be8ac635280eddaa38.jpg#\" alt=\"A screenshot of text messages from an unknown sender that the Jeffrey Epstein estate provided to Congress. \" height=\"822\" width=\"620\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/12\/18\/1599ed32-3249-408e-a915-fe3452522fd9\/thumbnail\/620x822\/e107a1f45d3d8180863f65de05ba5f18\/3952942bb44d6644fe09ec112d0ea35efba479a93bd662be8ac635280eddaa38.jpg 1x, https:\/\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/12\/18\/1599ed32-3249-408e-a915-fe3452522fd9\/thumbnail\/1240x1644\/116f5ed245c55e458aa9bef4e2434b2f\/3952942bb44d6644fe09ec112d0ea35efba479a93bd662be8ac635280eddaa38.jpg 2x\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/span><figcaption class=\"embed__caption-container\">\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__caption\">A screenshot of text messages from an unknown sender.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__credit\"><\/p>\n<p>                House Oversight Committee Democrats<\/p>\n<p>                          <\/span><br \/>\n              <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The message includes redacted personal information for an individual&#8217;s name, age, measurements, weight and &#8220;departure city,&#8221; which lists a redacted city and the country of Russia.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"content__post--d6ac9f28-1622-4518-aaca-4e360854b898\">\n            <a name=\"post-update-d6ac9f28\" class=\"post-update__anchor-link\">\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<p>            <time class=\"post-update__time-ago is-live\" datetime=\"2025-12-18T12:03:00-0500\"><br \/>\n              Updated 41m ago<br \/>\n            <\/time><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"post-update__headline\">Bill Gates and Noam Chomsky seen in new photos<\/h2>\n<div class=\"post-update__bodytext\" wp_automatic_readability=\"59.768234492161\">\n<p>One photo shows billionaire Bill Gates with an unidentified woman, whose face is redacted. Another features Epstein with famed linguist Noam Chomsky on a plane:<\/p>\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-image is-image embed--float-none embed--size-medium\" data-ads=\"{\" extrawordcount\":50}\"=\"\">\n<p>      <span class=\"img embed__content\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/12\/18\/c3c973c4-04f2-4c66-a627-42ff3e04ffb5\/thumbnail\/620x820\/ea51e419ab1b12c733840c8c82215916\/2eafc00b05487a9052d4b88ee81c03751561b1483af0be8e90993e5be324f382.jpg#\" alt=\"Bill Gates with an unknown person whose face is redacted, in a photo that the Jeffrey Epstein estate provided to Congress. \" height=\"820\" width=\"620\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/12\/18\/c3c973c4-04f2-4c66-a627-42ff3e04ffb5\/thumbnail\/620x820\/ea51e419ab1b12c733840c8c82215916\/2eafc00b05487a9052d4b88ee81c03751561b1483af0be8e90993e5be324f382.jpg 1x, https:\/\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/12\/18\/c3c973c4-04f2-4c66-a627-42ff3e04ffb5\/thumbnail\/1240x1640\/57c6c7cc670288836f3060d74427c578\/2eafc00b05487a9052d4b88ee81c03751561b1483af0be8e90993e5be324f382.jpg 2x\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/span><figcaption class=\"embed__caption-container\">\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__caption\">Bill Gates with an unknown person whose face is redacted.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__credit\"><\/p>\n<p>                House Oversight Committee Democrats<\/p>\n<p>                          <\/span><br \/>\n              <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-image is-image embed--float-none embed--size-medium\" data-ads=\"{\" extrawordcount\":50}\"=\"\">\n<p>      <span class=\"img embed__content\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/12\/18\/3231afcd-1be5-445a-9740-cbf282f8ecf7\/thumbnail\/620x492\/f8a88f9677bcf5d9bd2ef52be1c13050\/b5bf4da703b001befe9280fe16cd82255c35dbcf42396eda406ccb01890266ab.jpg#\" alt=\"A photo of Noam Chomsky and Jeffrey Epstein, which the Epstein estate provided to Congress. \" height=\"492\" width=\"620\" class=\" lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/12\/18\/3231afcd-1be5-445a-9740-cbf282f8ecf7\/thumbnail\/620x492\/f8a88f9677bcf5d9bd2ef52be1c13050\/b5bf4da703b001befe9280fe16cd82255c35dbcf42396eda406ccb01890266ab.jpg 1x, https:\/\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/12\/18\/3231afcd-1be5-445a-9740-cbf282f8ecf7\/thumbnail\/1240x984\/b9774e39123f071e5094515c91e3b03d\/b5bf4da703b001befe9280fe16cd82255c35dbcf42396eda406ccb01890266ab.jpg 2x\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/span><figcaption class=\"embed__caption-container\">\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__caption\">Noam Chomsky and Jeffrey Epstein.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__credit\"><\/p>\n<p>                House Oversight Committee Democrats<\/p>\n<p>                          <\/span><br \/>\n              <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Gates has acknowledged spending time with Epstein to seek contributions and connections related to Gates&#8217; philanthropy efforts, which he <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/bill-gates-jeffrey-epstein-mistake\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">said in 2021<\/a><\/span> was a &#8220;huge mistake.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>In <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/us-news\/jeffrey-epstein-calendar-cia-director-goldman-sachs-noam-chomsky-c9f6a3ff?gaa_at=eafs&amp;gaa_n=AWEtsqefjw0A4LtRMnMWyoAMrG72BSmA4-THNk3HtPA_FfOOyjqPqXrtIxFnRH_LCO0%3D&amp;gaa_ts=691a1ebe&amp;gaa_sig=F67gCztEt-q3S0gElk5x2PyACUeSCWRqTajv5yiJ01pLg_N0uZ5xh8JbWXJEHyo2SzhO_H_3Qo4LKgY1a7IZgA%3D%3D\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">response to questions<\/a> from the Wall Street Journal about his relationship with Epstein in 2023, Chomsky replied: &#8220;First response is that it is none of your business. Or anyone&#8217;s. Second is that I knew him and we met occasionally.&#8221; The Journal reported that Chomsky met with Epstein in 2015 and 2016.<\/p>\n<p>Chomsky said that, at the time of his meetings with Epstein, &#8220;what was known about Jeffrey Epstein was that he had been convicted of a crime and had served his sentence. According to U.S. laws and norms, that yields a clean slate.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Emails that Chomsky and Epstein exchanged were among <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/jeffrey-epstein-trump-emails-texts-inner-circle\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">documents released by the House Oversight Committee<\/a><\/span> last month.<\/p>\n<p>That tranche of documents also included <a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1FohLh6FYs2qwSH7g_Nmh40TizHOwF1FN\/view\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">text messages<\/a> between Epstein and Steve Bannon, including a September 2018 exchange in which Epstein claimed Chomsky had just called him, alongside Brazil&#8217;s Luiz In\u00e1cio Lula da Silva, who at the time was in prison. Lula is now the president of Brazil.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;What a world,&#8221; Epstein wrote.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"content__post--997faccc-da75-49d5-ae07-2ca291021d21\">\n            <a name=\"post-update-997faccc\" class=\"post-update__anchor-link\">\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<p>            <time class=\"post-update__time-ago is-live\" datetime=\"2025-12-18T12:03:00-0500\"><br \/>\n              Updated 41m ago<br \/>\n            <\/time><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"post-update__headline\">Oversight Democrats released a first tranche of photos last week<\/h2>\n<div class=\"post-update__bodytext\" wp_automatic_readability=\"45.880952380952\">\n<p>Democrats on the House Oversight Committee <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/live-updates\/epstein-files-trove-pictures-house-democrats\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">released 92 photos<\/a><\/span> last week that they obtained from Epstein&#8217;s estate. The batch included images of Mr. Trump and former President Bill Clinton, as well as other prominent figures like former Treasury Secretary Larry Summers and billionaires Bill Gates and Richard Branson.<\/p>\n<p>Filmmaker Woody Allen and Steve Bannon, a conservative commentator who was an adviser to Mr. Trump in his first term, are also in some of the photos released by the committee.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The photos do not implicate any of those pictured in Epstein&#8217;s crimes. The White House accused Democrats of &#8220;cherry-picking&#8221; the photos to &#8220;create a false narrative&#8221; about Mr. Trump.<\/p>\n<p>The Oversight Committee has received roughly 95,000 images from Epstein&#8217;s estate.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"content__post--c2ee480d-59b4-461e-a35e-f43a94a7479f\">\n            <a name=\"post-update-c2ee480d\" class=\"post-update__anchor-link\">\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<p>            <time class=\"post-update__time-ago is-live\" datetime=\"2025-12-18T12:03:00-0500\"><br \/>\n              Updated 41m ago<br \/>\n            <\/time><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"post-update__headline\">Senate Democrats question Justice Department &#8220;failure&#8221;<\/h2>\n<div class=\"post-update__bodytext\" wp_automatic_readability=\"48\">\n<p>Oregon Sen. Ron Wyden and other Senate Democrats wrote to Attorney General Pam Bondi and FBI Director Kash Patel on Wednesday, criticizing the Department of Justice for not interviewing Epstein&#8217;s long-time lawyer Darren Indyke and accountant Richard Kahn as part of its criminal probes.<\/p>\n<p>Indyke and Kahn are now executors of Epstein&#8217;s estate.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The reported failure to interview Indyke and Kahn raises concerns that the Department of Justice and Federal Bureau of Investigation declined to investigate key members of Epstein&#8217;s inner circle out of fear of retaliation by Epstein&#8217;s estate,&#8221; Wyden said. &#8220;As executors of the estate, Indyke and Kahn are in possession of a trove of documents and images that may contain compromising information on President Trump and other powerful figures.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>They included a series of questions, including one asking if the Justice Department ever asked the duo for voluntary interviews.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"content__post--5f98d936-238a-413e-b6eb-4a5fe7b01088\">\n            <a name=\"post-update-5f98d936\" class=\"post-update__anchor-link\">\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<p>            <time class=\"post-update__time-ago is-live\" datetime=\"2025-12-18T12:03:00-0500\"><br \/>\n              Updated 41m ago<br \/>\n            <\/time><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"post-update__headline\">Maxwell asks court to set aside sex-trafficking conviction and sentence<\/h2>\n<div class=\"post-update__bodytext\" wp_automatic_readability=\"59.052631578947\">\n<p>Ghislaine Maxwell, a longtime associate of Epstein&#8217;s, <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/ghislaine-maxwell-asks-court-to-toss-out-her-conviction\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">asked a federal court<\/a><\/span> in New York on Wednesday to set aside her conviction on sex-trafficking charges and 20-year prison sentence.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Maxwell was found guilty in 2021 for her role in a scheme to sexually exploit and abuse minor girls with Epstein. A federal appeals court upheld her conviction and sentence last year, and the Supreme Court in October <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/supreme-court-ghislaine-maxwell-appeal\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">declined to review her case<\/a><\/span>.<\/p>\n<p>In Maxwell&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/storage.courtlistener.com\/recap\/gov.uscourts.nysd.539612\/gov.uscourts.nysd.539612.821.1_7.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">latest court filing<\/a>, which she submitted herself, she argues that &#8220;substantial new evidence has emerged from related civil actions, government disclosures, investigative reports, and documents demonstrating constitutional violations that undermined the fairness of her proceedings.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>She claimed that the newly available evidence shows that &#8220;exculpatory information was withheld, false testimony presented, and material facts misrepresented to the jury and the Court.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Maxwell had initially been serving her sentence at a federal correctional facility in Tallahassee, Florida, but was moved to a minimum security prison camp in Bryan, Texas, this summer. Her transfer came days after she <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/top-doj-official-todd-blanche-meeting-with-ghislaine-maxwell\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">met with Todd Blanche<\/a><\/span>, the deputy attorney general, in Tallahassee in late July <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/ghislaine-maxwell-interview-jeffrey-epstein-doj-transcript\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">to discuss Epstein&#8217;s case<\/a><\/span>.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"content__post--ece41d8c-824a-44bc-948d-9dcf7ffbf3d0\">\n            <a name=\"post-update-ece41d8c\" class=\"post-update__anchor-link\">\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<p>            <time class=\"post-update__time-ago is-live\" datetime=\"2025-12-18T12:03:00-0500\"><br \/>\n              Updated 41m ago<br \/>\n            <\/time><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"post-update__headline\">More files likely to emerge from Oversight Committee&#8217;s investigation<\/h2>\n<div class=\"post-update__bodytext\" wp_automatic_readability=\"53\">\n<p>The Oversight Committee&#8217;s investigation has included subpoenas to the Justice Department, Epstein&#8217;s estate and banks that had relationships with Epstein.<\/p>\n<p>While the Justice Department is required to make public its documents on Friday, there may be documents not currently in the government&#8217;s possession that have yet to be turned over to Congress from the estate and financial institutions.<\/p>\n<p>Recent public releases from lawmakers on the committee \u2014 sourced from Epstein&#8217;s estate \u2014 include images of Epstein&#8217;s private island, and a &#8220;birthday book&#8221; with a vulgar drawing around a note that appears to bear President Trump&#8217;s signature. He has denied writing the note.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The committee has yet to release records from Epstein&#8217;s banks, but has said it will.<\/p>\n<p>Lawmakers of both parties on the committee get access to records produced under subpoenas. In previous instances, Democrats have released a small number of photos or records, followed by a broader release by the Republican majority.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"content__post--23d63b66-7a54-4409-b2cd-7aad857229f1\">\n            <a name=\"post-update-23d63b66\" class=\"post-update__anchor-link\">\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<p>            <time class=\"post-update__time-ago is-live\" datetime=\"2025-12-18T12:03:00-0500\"><br \/>\n              Updated 41m ago<br \/>\n            <\/time><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"post-update__headline\">Justice Department faces Friday deadline to release Epstein files<\/h2>\n<div class=\"post-update__bodytext\" wp_automatic_readability=\"49.429213483146\">\n<p>In November, Congress passed and the president signed a new law known as the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.congress.gov\/bill\/119th-congress\/house-bill\/4405\/text\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Epstein Files Transparency Act<\/a>. The law requires the attorney general to release all files held by the Justice Department, FBI and U.S. attorney&#8217;s offices related to Epstein and his co-conspirator Ghislaine Maxwell, with exceptions for personnel information of survivors and other narrow categories.<\/p>\n<p>The president <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/trump-says-signed-epstein-files-bill\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">signed the law<\/a><\/span> on Nov. 19, starting the clock on a 30-day deadline for the administration to release the files.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The statute requires Attorney General Pam Bondi to publicly release &#8220;all unclassified records, documents, communications, and investigative materials&#8221; related to Epstein and Maxwell. 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