House Democrats release photos of Trump, Clinton and Andrew from
Epstein's estate
[December 13, 2025]
By STEPHEN GROVES
WASHINGTON (AP) — House Democrats released a selection of photos from
the estate of Jeffrey Epstein on Friday, including some of Donald Trump,
Bill Clinton and the former Prince Andrew.
The dozens of photos initially released by Democratic lawmakers on the
House Oversight Committee were a small part of more than 95,000 they
received from the estate of Epstein, who died in a New York jail cell in
2019 while awaiting trial on sex trafficking charges. The photos
released Friday were separate from the case files that the Department of
Justice is now under compulsion to release, but anticipation is growing
as the Trump administration faces a deadline next week to produce the
Epstein files that have been the source of conspiracy theories and
speculation for years.
The photos were released without captions or context and included a
black-and-white image of Trump alongside six women whose faces were
blacked out.
The president said he hadn’t seen the photos from Epstein’s estate
released Friday, but they were “no big deal.”
Trump said Epstein was “all over Palm Beach” and had “photos with
everybody.”
Rep. Robert Garcia, the top Democrat on the House Oversight Committee,
did not say whether any of the women in the photos was a victim of
abuse, but he added, “Our commitment from day one has been to redact any
photo, any information that could lead to any sort of harm to any of the
victims.”
White House spokesperson Abigail Jackson accused Democrats of
“selectively releasing cherry-picked photos with random redactions to
try and create a false narrative" and called it part of a “Democrat hoax
against President Trump.”
Many of the photos have already circulated in the public. Democrats
pledged to continue to release photos in the days and weeks ahead, as
they look to pressure Trump over his Republican administration’s earlier
refusal to release documents in the Epstein probe. Garcia said his staff
had looked through about a quarter of the images it had received from
Epstein’s estate, which included photos that were sent to him or that he
had in his possession.
“Donald Trump right now needs to release the files to the American
public so that the truth can come out and we can actually get some sense
of justice for the survivors,” Garcia added.
He initially released 19 photos Friday morning, then roughly 70 more
photos later Friday, including one of Epstein taking a bath, a photo of
him with a swollen lip, photos of his home and a photo of him posing
with a book about the scandal.
Trump, once a close friend of Epstein, has said he parted ways with him
long before he faced the sex trafficking charges. Clinton, too, has
minimized his relationship with Epstein, acknowledging that he traveled
on Epstein’s private jet but saying through a spokesperson that he had
no knowledge of the late financier’s crimes. Clinton also has never been
accused of misconduct by Epstein’s known victims. However, Republicans
on the House committee are pushing him and Hillary Clinton to testify in
their investigation.
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This undated photo released by Democrats on the House Oversight
Committee shows former President Bill Clinton, Ghislaine Maxwell and
Jeffrey Epstein, with Clinton's signature at the top of the photo.
(House Oversight Committee via AP)
Rep. James Comer, the GOP chair of the House Oversight Committee,
threatened late Friday to begin contempt of Congress proceedings
against the Clintons if they don't appear next week or reschedule
depositions in January.
A spokesperson for the Republican-controlled committee also said
that nothing in the documents the committee has received shows “any
wrongdoing” by Trump.
Andrew lost his royal titles and privileges this year amid new
revelations of his ties to Epstein, though he has denied wrongdoing.
The photo release also included images of the right-wing political
operative Steve Bannon, billionaires Richard Branson and Bill Gates,
filmmaker Woody Allen, former Treasury Secretary Larry Summers and
law professor Alan Dershowitz. The men have denied any wrongdoing in
their associations with Epstein, who kept many high-profile figures
in his circle of friends.
Amid an earlier release of emails between Summers and Epstein,
Summers stepped away from his teaching position at Harvard
University and faced other fallout to his standing in academic
circles.
Allen has faced allegations from his adopted daughter, Dylan Farrow,
of molesting her as a child. He has denied the allegations.
Some lawmakers, however, believe that other high-powered figures
could be implicated in Epstein’s abuse if the full case files from
the Justice Department are released.
Rep. Thomas Massie, a Kentucky Republican who was instrumental in
passing a bill to require the public release of the files, said it
was a good sign that the Department of Justice has sought to have
grand jury material released from several courts.
“The grand jury material is just a small fraction of what the DOJ
needs to release, because the FBI and DOJ probably has evidence that
they chose not to take to the grand jury because the evidence
they’re in possession of would implicate other people, not Epstein
or Maxwell,” he said.
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