Democrats on the House Oversight Committee released a collection images and video clips Wednesday showing a private Caribbean island owned by the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
The more than 150 photos and videos of Epstein's island show the compound's exterior structures, as well as interiors, including a pool area, and several bedrooms and bathrooms.
One photo shows a corded phone with labels that appear to bear redacted names. Another photo released by the House Democrats features a library with a large desk and a blackboard, with the words “power,” “truth,” “music,” “deception,” “intellectual” and “political,” written on it, among other, redacted words.
In one of the photographed compound rooms is a dental chair and a series of masks of men's faces. Other photos feature additional artworks and sculptures at the estate.
Epstein owned two islands in the U.S. Virgin Islands, including the 70-acre Little St. James, which he purchased in 1998 for $7.95 million and where he built a sprawling estate. The second he owned was Great Saint James, which he purchased in 2016. Epstein has been accused of sexually abusing teenage girls at the islands.
It is unclear which of the two islands the images released Wednesday show.
The committee’s ranking member, Robert Garcia, D-Calif., wrote Wednesday on X that the images, obtained through an Oversight Committee request to the Justice Department, offered “a disturbing look into the world of Jeffrey Epstein.”
“We have released these photos and videos to ensure public transparency in our investigation,” Garcia wrote. “It’s hard to imagine the horrors that happened in these rooms.”
Garcia said the committee had also received records related to Epstein from J.P. Morgan and Deutsche Bank, which it intends to release to the public after a review.
A spokesperson for Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer, R-Ky., did not immediately respond to a request for comment Wednesday night.
However, Republicans on the committee said Wednesday on X that "Democrats are chasing headlines again."
The post said Democrats "rushed to release cherry-picked docs provided to the committee."
The move comes after Congress overwhelmingly approved a measure last month compelling the Justice Department to release its records tied to Epstein. President Donald Trump signed it into law on Nov. 19.
Congress is waiting for the Justice Department to release the files, which it is required to do within 30 days of Trump's signing the Epstein Files Transparency Act. Lawmakers have asked Attorney General Pam Bondi for a briefing and a status update by the end of the week.
