Democrats have released new photos of Jeffrey Epstein with President Donald Trump. Some of the photos also show Bill Clinton, Steve Bannon, Bill Gates and others.
Representatives of the Democratic Party in the US Congress have released new photos from the files related to the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. In the photos, Epstein, who died in prison in 2019, is in the company of US President Donald Trump, former President Bill Clinton and other prominent figures such as Bill Gates, far-right former Trump adviser Steve Bannon, director Woody Allen, Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor (until recently Prince of Britain before his monarchical title was stripped in connection with the Epstein scandal), former US Treasury Secretary Larry Summers and billionaire Richard Branson. The photos also include sex toys, as well as a "Trump condom" with a drawing of the president's face and the inscription "I'm HUUUUGE!" (From English: "I'm HUUUUGE!").
"It's no big deal"
In one of the photos shared on Friday, Trump is photographed with a woman who appears to be young (her face is hidden). In another photo, Trump is standing next to Epstein and talking to a woman, and in a third photo, Trump is smiling, standing between six women, whose faces are also hidden. In this photo, he appears to have his arm around one of the women.
After the photos were released, Donald Trump commented that he had not seen them. "Everybody knew this guy. He was everywhere in Palm Beach. He has pictures with everyone," the US president explained to reporters at the White House. "There are hundreds of people who have taken pictures with him. It's not a big deal. I don't know anything about it."
Who knew what was going on and when did they know it
"This is about truth and justice - for the victims and for the survivors," said Jasmine Crockett of the Democratic Party. Crockett is part of the committee working to release all the files related to Epstein. She said the photos were "deeply disturbing" and raised serious questions about who knew what Jeffrey Epstein was doing and when. "Another reason why these files need to be released," Crockett said.
Donald Trump has already approved the release of all the documents, which Congress voted on earlier. However, this has not yet happened.
Intentionally selected photos?
The White House accused the Democrats on the congressional committee of deliberately selecting certain photos from the Epstein case documents to "create a false narrative".
"The Democrats' fraud against President Trump has been repeatedly debunked, and the Trump administration has done more for Epstein's victims than Democrats ever did, repeatedly calling for transparency, releasing thousands of pages of documents, and calling for further investigations of Epstein's Democratic friends," said White House spokeswoman Abigail Jackson. "It's time for the media to stop repeating Democrats' arguments and start asking them why they wanted to move in Epstein's circle after he was convicted."
Democrats on the Oversight Committee released several additional photos Friday night showing Epstein's property and a dentist's chair in a room with masks of men's faces on the walls, as well as a zoomed-in shot of a "massage therapy system" and Epstein himself in a bathtub.