White House Denounces 'Democratic Fabrication' as Further Epstein Estate Photos Released

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

The first release of 19 photographs—a portion of which have been seen before—plus another 70 issued later on Friday account for a small number of the nearly 100,000 images released to the House oversight committee, which is probing the behavior and associations of Epstein.

The disgraced financier was a victim of an apparent self-inflicted death in a New York jail cell in 2019 after being indicted on sex-trafficking charges.

Prominent Personalities in the Images

Included in the notable figures shown in the first release are celebrities featuring movie maker Woody Allen; Microsoft founder Bill Gates; and Richard Branson, originator of the Virgin conglomerate.

Donald Trump is pictured in three of the initial 19 images. In one, he is photographed with six women, whose faces are obscured.

White House Response

The White House reacted to the release in a statement, alleging Democrats of purposefully "hand-picking" the photographs for electoral motives and to "seek to establish a false storyline."

"The Democrat hoax against President Trump has been consistently disproven," a White House spokesperson said, asserting that "the Trump administration has done more for Epstein's victims than Democrats have at any point by repeatedly calling for transparency, releasing thousands of pages of documents, and calling for additional probes into Epstein's Democratic associates."

Congressional Democrat Statement

The photos were released lacking captions, but as stated by a Democratic representative from California and senior member of the investigative panel, they prompt further inquiries about Epstein's links with wealthy individuals.

"The moment has come to halt this White House cover-up and secure justice to the survivors of Jeffrey Epstein and his influential associates," he said in a release.

The publication of these documents occurs alongside the House panel proceeding with its probe into the Epstein matter.