New Epstein photos show Trump, Clinton and Andrew

US Democratic lawmakers have released two new sets of photographs from Jeffrey Epstein's estate, revealing details of the convicted pedophile's home and connections to the rich and powerful.

US President Donald Trump, former Prince Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor and former Trump adviser Steve Bannon are among the senior figures featured in the photographs. The images, many of which have been seen before, do not imply any illegal activity.

Democrats said the nearly 100 photos released by members of the House Oversight Committee on Friday were just a few of the more than 95,000 images obtained under the subpoena.

The Justice Department is separately approaching a deadline next week to release all Epstein-related documents.

The first set of photos released Friday by lawmakers showed Epstein with several senior figures, none of whom have yet commented on the situation. Many of them have previously denied any wrongdoing against Epstein.

Trump appeared in three images released Friday. In one of the images, he stands next to a woman whose face has been edited out.

Another shows Trump standing next to Epstein while talking to model Ingrid Seinhav at the 1997 Victoria's Secret party in New York – an image that was already publicly available.

In the third photo, Trump is smiling, flanked by several women whose faces have also been edited out.

An additional photo showed an illustrated image of the president on red bags next to a sign that read: “Trump Condom.”

The White House called the report a “Democratic hoax” against Trump that has been “debunked repeatedly.” Trump has argued for months that the Epstein saga was a red herring orchestrated by his critics to divert attention from his administration's accomplishments.

Friday's files also included personal photographs of Epstein, including one in a bathtub and another that appeared to depict sex toys. They also feature him with several other prominent people, including former President Bill Clinton and tech billionaire Bill Gates.

One photo of Clinton shows him standing next to Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell, who was convicted in 2021 of facilitating abuses against the disgraced financier.

The photo, apparently signed by Clinton, includes two other people whose identities the BBC has not yet been able to identify.

Clinton denies any wrongdoing against Epstein. In 2019, a spokesman said he knew “nothing about the horrific crimes” to which Epstein pleaded guilty.

One image included in Friday's shipment was a cropped portion of a photograph originally taken by a photographer working for Getty Images in 2018, showing King Charles in conversation with Microsoft founder Gates at a summit in London.

The image contained in Epstein's collection was cropped to show only Andrew and Gates.

Andrew, who has faced scrutiny for years over his past relationship with Epstein, was stripped of his “prince” title and left his Windsor mansion, Royal Lodge, earlier this year. He denies any wrongdoing.

Former Trump adviser Steve Bannon can also be seen in some of the images. In one he is shown talking to Epstein at a table, and in another he is shown standing next to him in front of a mirror.

The third image shows him talking to director Woody Allen.

Other prominent figures appearing in the images include American economist Larry Summers, lawyer Alan Dershowitz and entrepreneur Richard Branson. Not all images show these people in Epstein's company.

No additional context or details were included, so it's unclear when, why or where many of the photos were taken or by whom, including images from what appears to be Epstein's estate in the U.S. Virgin Islands that show several rooms, including one with a dentist's chair surrounded by sculptures of mustachioed men on the walls, a scene that appeared in a previous release of the Epstein files.

There is an image of an orange pumpkin with a blond wig, carved in Trump's likeness. Above it is the inscription: “Trumpkin. Make Halloween great again.”

Republicans, who make up the majority on the House Oversight Committee, accused Democrats of “picking and deliberate editing to create a false narrative about President Trump.”

In a statement, Representative Robert Garcia, the top Democrat on the congressional committee, said: “It is time to end the White House cover-up and bring justice to survivors of the murder of Jeffrey Epstein and his powerful friends.”

“These disturbing photos raise even more questions about Epstein and his relationships with some of the most powerful people in the world. We will not rest until the American people know the truth. The DOJ must release all files NOW,” he added.

Epstein's connections to several high-profile figures and various unanswered questions about the case, as well as his suicide in a Manhattan jail in 2019 while awaiting trial on sex trafficking charges, are fueling online conspiracies and demands for greater transparency in investigations into the billionaire financier.

After months of pressure from across the political spectrum, the Justice Department has until Dec. 19 to release all documents related to the Epstein case, as required by a bill passed nearly unanimously by Congress and signed into law by Trump in November.

This upcoming deadline is unrelated to Congress' investigation of Epstein.

Friday's releases marked the second time in a month that Democrats on the committee have released new images from their investigation into Epstein.

They initially released 19 images on Friday morning and then released nearly 80 more later that day, saying in a statement: “In the interests of transparency, we will continue to publish photos from Epstein's estate.”

Trump was asked about the new photos Friday night and told reporters that many people knew and took pictures with Epstein, calling the release “not that big of a deal.”

Trump was friends with Epstein in the 1990s, but the president said the pair fell out in the early 2000s, two years before Epstein was first arrested. The White House also previously said Trump kicked him out of his Florida resort for being “mean.”