News | International
19 Dec 2025 10:29
NZCity News
NZCity CalculatorReturn to NZCity

  • Start Page
  • Personalise
  • Sport
  • Weather
  • Finance
  • Shopping
  • Jobs
  • Horoscopes
  • Lotto Results
  • Photo Gallery
  • Site Gallery
  • TVNow
  • Dating
  • SearchNZ
  • NZSearch
  • Crime.co.nz
  • RugbyLeague
  • Make Home
  • About NZCity
  • Contact NZCity
  • Your Privacy
  • Advertising
  • Login
  • Join for Free

  •   Home > News > International

    More photos released on eve of Jeffrey Epstein files deadline

    US Democrats continue their drip-feed of material from sex predator Jeffrey Epstein’s estate, releasing more photos on the eve of a deadline for the full publication of the Epstein files.


    Democrats have continued their drip-feed of material from sex predator Jeffrey Epstein's estate, releasing more photos on the eve of a deadline for the full publication of the Epstein files.

    The newly released images include photos of Epstein with other high-profile men, maps of his private island and a screenshot of a WhatsApp conversation.

    Four photos show parts of a person's body displaying handwritten quotes from the novel Lolita, which is about a middle-aged man's infatuation with a 12-year-old girl.

    The 68 images also include Epstein's passport, as well as passports and ID cards from around the world, which belonged to "women whom Jeffrey Epstein and his co-conspirators were engaging", according to Democratic congressman Robert Garcia.

    The images have been released one day before the deadline for the Justice Department to publish its investigative records relating to Epstein and his co-offender, Ghislaine Maxwell.

    Democrats have been pressuring the Trump administration to meet the deadline of Friday, local time, which was set by Congress last month, without making unnecessary redactions.

    The department and Trump officials have not provided any information about when or how the files will be published. The law mandates they must be downloadable and searchable. 

    Redactions are only allowed in limited circumstances, such as to protect victims and ongoing investigations. Files cannot be withheld to prevent political embarrassment.

    Congress's House Oversight Committee subpoenaed the newly released images from Epstein's estate as part of a separate investigation into the federal government's handling of his case.

    Mr Garcia, the committee's top Democrat, says committee members are reviewing 95,000 images, which are "both graphic and mundane". They are periodically releasing them "to provide the public with transparency" after redacting personal details about victims.

    The newly released photos show several men who have been connected to Epstein in the past. They include businessman Bill Gates, who has repeatedly said he regrets spending time with Epstein, philosopher Noam Chomsky, who has said Epstein helped him with financial transactions and they "met occasionally", and former Trump advisor Steve Bannon, who has said he was filming a documentary series on Epstein before his death.

    Epstein was known to be well connected in the worlds of business, politics and celebrity, and there is no suggestion the men in the photographs were involved in wrongdoing.

    As with previous releases of material, the images were put online without information about when and where they were taken.

    Committee members have previously released emails that referenced US President Donald Trump (though did not accuse him of wrongdoing), and photos of Epstein's private island and high-profile men Epstein was known to associate with.

    © 2025 ABC Australian Broadcasting Corporation. All rights reserved

     Other International News
     19 Dec: How to watch Jake Paul vs Anthony Joshua on Netflix, when and what time is the fight?
     19 Dec: Victoria Police reviewing evidence collected under secret prison bugging program
     19 Dec: Australian man Lamar Ahchee sentenced to 12 years in prison for role in Bali cocaine-smuggling plot
     18 Dec: Former senior police officers detail why Bondi Beach terror incident was so difficult to defend
     18 Dec: How to handle awkward comments and conversations this Christmas
     18 Dec: FBI deputy to step down from role less than 12 months after appointment
     18 Dec: Why Trump's low-profile chief of staff Susie Wiles is making headlines
     Top Stories

    RUGBY RUGBY
    The Black Ferns will have a female coach for the first time in the professional era More...


    BUSINESS BUSINESS
    Optimism about the prospects of the economy heading into next year More...



     Today's News

    Entertainment:
    Dick Van Dyke was "locked up with the psychos" in rehab 10:20

    Boxing:
    How to watch Jake Paul vs Anthony Joshua on Netflix, when and what time is the fight? 10:07

    Business:
    Optimism about the prospects of the economy heading into next year 10:07

    Entertainment:
    The Friends cast have teamed up for a fundraiser in honour of the late Matthew Perry 9:50

    Rugby:
    The Black Ferns will have a female coach for the first time in the professional era 9:37

    Entertainment:
    Stellan Skarsgard thought his son Alexander Skarsgard's decision to join the military was done to "provoke" him 9:20

    Entertainment:
    Peter Greene has died 8:50

    Living & Travel:
    Grattan on Friday: Anthony Albanese is forced into policy catch up after Bondi atrocity 8:27

    Entertainment:
    Andy Dick has checked into rehab 8:20

    National:
    ‘This year nearly broke me as a scientist’ – US researchers reflect on how 2025’s science cuts have changed their lives 8:17


     News Search






    Power Search


    © 2025 New Zealand City Ltd