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Previously unknown videos and photos of Jeffrey Epstein's private island were released by Democrats on Wednesday.
Ten images and four videos showed Epstein's home, including his library with a blackboard written with cryptic words, and in another room a dentist's chair with scary masks on the walls.
The latest document is not the entire collection of Epstein files that Congress voted to release last month, dealing a major blow to Donald Trump, who has dismissed the documents as a "Democratic hoax."
The full files will be released later this month, after Trump signed the landmark “Epstein Transparency Act,” which was led by Republican rebel lawmakers including Thomas Massie and Marjorie Taylor Greene.
Meanwhile, Democrats are keeping up the pressure on Trump by releasing a steady stream of files that the House Oversight Committee is privy to as part of its broad powers to hold the government accountable.
The new images offered a somber look inside Little St. James, Epstein's private lair in the U.S. Virgin Islands, where he hosted high-profile visitors and young women flown in on his private jet dubbed the 'Lolita Express.'
In addition to the library and dental room, the photos showed a steam room filled with boxes of towels and sheets, next to pillows and bathroom hygiene products.
The images give viewers a tour of the island where Epstein is alleged to have committed sex trafficking crimes.
Epstein's associate, Ghislaine Maxwell, is currently the only one serving time in connection with Epstein's crimes.
She met with representatives from the Trump Justice Department earlier this year and was transferred to a lower-security prison in Texas.
Over the summer, Democratic Congressman Robert Garcia of California was selected to lead his party as the minority on the House Oversight Committee and in August took over the role previously held by the late Congressman Gerry Connolly.
Garcia immediately pursued an optimistic approach to releasing the Epstein files and was behind the push last month to release emails suggesting Trump knew more about Epstein's crimes than previously reported.
Among the released materials was an April 2011 email from Epstein to Maxwell, saying Trump "spent hours at my house" with one of his victims, which had been redacted.
"I want you to understand that the dog that didn't bark is Trump," Epstein added.
At the time of sending that email, Epstein had already served a 13-month sentence in Florida for child sex crimes.
But Trump says he didn't associate with Epstein years ago, when he kicked him out of his Mar-a-Lago club in 2007 because he was "a disgusting man."
The White House told the Daily Mail, when contacted for comment about the latest announcement, that they want Democrats to explain why members of their party were meeting with Epstein after his prison sentence.
"We are still waiting for Democrats to explain why their members, like Stacey Plaskett and Hakeem Jeffries, were seeking money, advice and meetings with Jeffrey Epstein after he was convicted as a sex offender," White House spokeswoman Abigail Jackson said in a statement.
The president claims he was never close to the sexual abuser, despite running in the same New York and Florida districts in the 1990s and early 2000s.
But the ongoing saga has created a rift in Trump's world, most notably with Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene.
The Georgia Republican, once a big MAGA darling, fell out with the president over his desire to leave the Epstein files alone and not release them again after the Justice Department decided there were no new charges to file after reviewing them.
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