Administration Condemns 'Democratic Hoax' as More Jeffrey Epstein Images Made Public

House Democrats have made public a new tranche of what they described as "troubling" pictures from the property of adjudicated sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, depicting notably Donald Trump, Bill Clinton, and former British royal Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor.

The opening batch of 19 images—some of which have been seen before—along with another 70 released later on Friday constitute a tiny fraction of the approximately 100,000 images released to the House oversight committee, which is probing the behavior and associations of Epstein.

The shamed investor was a victim of an apparent self-inflicted death in a New York jail cell in 2019 after being accused of sex-trafficking crimes.

Prominent Personalities in the Photos

Featured among the notable figures seen in the opening set are well-known figures featuring film director Woody Allen; Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates; and Richard Branson, founder of the Virgin conglomerate.

Donald Trump is featured in three of the first nineteen images. In one, he is photographed with six women, whose faces are blacked out.

Administration Response

The White House responded to the release in a statement, accusing Democrats of selectively "hand-picking" the photographs for political purposes and to "seek to establish a false narrative."

"That partisan falsehood against President Trump has been time and again refuted," a White House spokesperson said, insisting that "the Trump administration has achieved more for Epstein's survivors than Democrats ever have by repeatedly calling for openness, making public reams of records, and urging additional probes into Epstein's Democratic associates."

Panel Member Statement

The photographs were published lacking captions, but as stated by a California Democrat and senior member of the investigative panel, they prompt further inquiries about Epstein's associations with affluent people.

"It is time to stop this White House cover-up and bring justice to the victims of Jeffrey Epstein and his well-connected allies," he stated in a statement.

The publication of these images comes as the House panel pressing on with its probe into the Epstein matter.