Late financier and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein and Steve Bannon are seen in this handout image from the Epstein estate released by House Oversight Committee Democrats in Washington, DC.
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Just ahead of the US Department of Justice's December 19 deadline, The House Oversight Committee has released a batch of around 70 photos from the estate of late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
Out of a tranche of over 95,000 photos, this is the third such batch which has been released.
These photos were acquired from Epstein's estate and includes images of close-ups of sentences from the book Lolita, scribbled in black ink across a woman's body, redacted ID cards of women from Russia, Morocco, Italy, Czech Republic, South Africa, Ukraine and Lithuania; and a late-night text thread about sending girls for someone identified as "j" for $1,000 each.
Lolita is a 1955 novel written by Russian and American novelist Vladimir Nabokov which showcases a man's obsession with a 12-year-old girl.
Billionaire Microsoft founder Bill Gates, professor and political activist Noam Chomsky and former Trump aide Steve Bannon are also pictured in the latest images.
Department of Justice is mandated to release all files related to its investigation into Epstein before December 19.
The earlier batch of pictures include photos of the current United States President Donald Trump, who has brushed them as "no big deal".
The current batch showcases Epstein talking to Philosopher Noam Chomsky aboard a private plane; Bill Gates standing next a woman, who's identity has been obscured and Steve Bannon sitting across a desk and talking to Epstein .
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Another photo shows Epstein sitting near a desk, with three women surrounding him, whose faces have been redacted.
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Another shows a screenshot of messages from an unknown person who says they have been sent "some girls" and are asking for "$1000 per girl".
These cache of photos also includes pictures of quotes from the book Lolita written in ink across different parts of a woman's body.
Committee Democrats said the images released Thursday "were selected to provide the public with transparency into a representative sample of the photos" and "to provide insights into Epstein's network and his extremely disturbing activities."
Democrats said they had thousands more images, "both graphic and mundane," which they are continuing to analyse.