House Oversight Committee Democrats have publicly disclosed a series of photographs obtained from the estate of convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, showing multiple high-profile individuals including former President Donald Trump, Britain’s Prince Andrew, and former Trump advisor Steve Bannon. The release comprises 19 images selected from approximately 95,000 photographs acquired by the committee as part of its ongoing investigation into Epstein’s network.
The images, many previously circulated in public domains, depict social interactions between Epstein and various influential figures but contain no explicit evidence of criminal activity. Among the released photographs, Trump appears in three separate contexts: standing beside a redacted individual, conversing with Epstein and model Ingrid Seynhaeve at a 1997 Victoria’s Secret event, and smiling among several women whose identities remain concealed. Another controversial image displays illustrated Trump likenesses on condom packaging.
Committee Democrats, led by Representative Robert Garcia, characterized the release as a necessary step toward transparency, demanding full disclosure of all Epstein-related documents from the Justice Department. Garcia asserted these photographs raise serious questions about Epstein’s associations with powerful individuals and condemned what he described as a White House cover-up.
Republican committee members immediately denounced the release as a politically motivated maneuver, accusing Democrats of selectively curating images and applying targeted redactions to fabricate a misleading narrative about Trump. The White House dismissed the disclosure as a repeatedly debunked Democratic hoax.
Additional photographs feature Prince Andrew alongside Bill Gates (in a cropped version omitting King Charles III), Steve Bannon in multiple settings with Epstein, and filmmaker Woody Allen. Former President Bill Clinton appears in a signed photograph with Epstein and convicted accomplice Ghislaine Maxwell, alongside two unidentified individuals. Other notable figures in the released images include economist Larry Summers, attorney Alan Dershowitz, and entrepreneur Richard Branson.
The disclosure precedes the December 19 deadline mandated by the Epstein Files Transparency Act—recently signed by Trump—requiring the Justice Department to release all investigative materials related to Epstein’s case. Epstein died in prison in August 2019 while awaiting trial on sex trafficking charges, having previously pleaded guilty to prostitution-related offenses in 2008.