White House Denounces 'Democrat Hoax' as More Jeffrey Epstein Photographs Made Public
Democratic lawmakers have made public a new tranche of what they termed "alarming" photographs from the property of convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, featuring among others Donald Trump, Bill Clinton, and former British royal Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor.
The opening batch of 19 images—a portion of which have been seen before—combined with another 70 issued later on Friday represent a minuscule portion of the almost 100,000 images provided to the House oversight committee, which is probing the behavior and associations of Epstein.
The fallen money manager died by an apparent self-inflicted death in a New York jail cell in 2019 after being charged with sex-trafficking offenses.
Prominent Personalities in the Photos
Included in the prominent personalities seen in the first release are public figures featuring film director Woody Allen; Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates; and Richard Branson, founder of the Virgin empire.
Donald Trump is pictured in three of the initial 19 images. In one, he is seen with six women, whose faces are obscured.
White House Reaction
The White House reacted to the release in a statement, alleging Democrats of selectively "cherry-picking" the images for partisan aims and to "attempt to fabricate a false storyline."
"That partisan falsehood against President Trump has been consistently disproven," a presidential representative remarked, maintaining that "this presidency has accomplished more for Epstein's victims than Democrats have ever done by consistently demanding openness, making public thousands of pages of records, and calling for additional probes into Epstein's Democrat friends."
Congressional Democrat Statement
The photos were released lacking captions, but per a Democratic representative from California and senior member of the oversight committee, they elicit additional doubts about Epstein's links with the rich and powerful.
"Now is the occasion to stop this White House obfuscation and deliver justice to the victims of Jeffrey Epstein and his influential associates," he said in a statement.
The release of these images occurs alongside the House panel proceeding with its probe into the Epstein case.
