By STEPHEN GROVES, Related Press
WASHINGTON (AP) — Home Democrats launched a choice of pictures from the property of Jeffrey Epstein on Friday, together with a few of Donald Trump, Invoice Clinton and the previous Prince Andrew.
The 19 pictures launched by Democratic lawmakers on the Home Oversight Committee had been a small a part of greater than 95,000 they acquired from the property of Epstein, who died in a New York jail cell in 2019 whereas awaiting intercourse trafficking fees. The pictures launched Friday had been separate from the case recordsdata that the Division of Justice is now compelled to launch.
The pictures had been launched with out captions or context and included a black-and-white picture of Trump alongside six ladies whose faces had been blacked out. The committee didn’t say why their faces had been blacked out.
A number of of the pictures have already circulated within the public. Democrats pledged to proceed to launch pictures within the days and weeks forward, as they give the impression of being to strain Trump over his Republican administration’s earlier refusal to launch paperwork within the Epstein probe.
“It’s time to finish this White Home cover-up and convey justice to the survivors of Jeffrey Epstein and his highly effective associates,” stated Rep. Robert Garcia, the highest Democrat on the Oversight Committee, in an announcement.
The White Home didn’t instantly reply to a request for remark concerning the pictures.
Trump, as soon as a detailed good friend of Epstein, has stated that he parted methods with him lengthy earlier than he confronted the intercourse trafficking fees. Clinton, too, has minimized his relationship with Epstein, acknowledging that he traveled on Epstein’s personal jet however saying via a spokesperson that he had no information of the late financier’s crimes. Clinton additionally has by no means been accused of misconduct by Epstein’s identified victims.
Andrew misplaced his royal titles and privileges this yr amid new revelations of his ties to Epstein, although he has denied wrongdoing.
