Congressional Democrats release photos of Epstein's private island home

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Dec. 3 (UPI) -- House Democrats on Wednesday released images of convicted child sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein's private island in the Caribbean, where he allegedly took teen girls to be trafficked to billionaires.

The photos were released as congressional lawmakers from both major political parties asked Attorney General Pam Bondi for a status update on the release of the Epstein files.

Epstein was accused of taking the girls between his homes in New York and Palm Beach, Fla. The island in the photos is Little St. James, which is where he owned a home for nearly 20 years and is believed to have trafficked and sexually abused the girls.

He bought its neighbor, Great St. James, in 2016. Both are off the coast of St. Thomas near Cowpet Bay in the U.S. Virgin Islands.

He called his island "Little St. Jeff's."

The 10 photos and four videos released were "disturbing," said Rep. Robert Garcia, D-Calif., and the top Democrat on the Oversight Committee.

He said the release was part of a commitment to "ensure public transparency in our investigation and to help piece together the full picture of Epstein's horrific crimes."

There are also Epstein's financial records from J.P. Morgan and Deutsche Bank. Garcia said Democrats planned to release some of those files soon.

Republicans on the committee said that Democrats are releasing only selective items from the cache of documents available.

The images came from the attorney general of the U.S. Virgin Islands. They were taken in 2020, the year after Epstein died by suicide in prison.

In one image, a room includes a dentist's chair. Epstein's last girlfriend, Karyna Shuliak, is a dentist.

On Nov. 12, House Democrats released Epstein's emails with mentions of President Donald Trump, his longtime friend.

On Wednesday, five members of Congress from both major political parties asked Attorney General Bondi for a status update on the release of the Epstein files.

Congress passed Epstein Files Transparency Act that requires the Department of Justice to release the documents within 30 days of Nov. 19.

"In light of the short 30 day deadline to release the Epstein Files, we are particularly focused on understanding the contents of any new evidence, information or procedural hurdles that could interfere with the Department's ability to meet this statutory deadline," the lawmakers wrote in a letter dated Wednesday and first obtained by NBC News.

The lawmakers who signed are: Senators Jeff Merkley, D-Ore.; Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska; and Ben Ray Lujan, D-N.M., and the law's lead authors, Reps. Thomas Massie, R-Ky., and Ro Khanna, D-Calif.

They also said that because the DOJ announced it would investigate Epstein's connections to former President Bill Clinton, former Treasury Secretary Larry Summers and others, it wants to see what new information the department has.

"In the interest of transparency and clarity on the steps required to faithfully implement the Epstein Files Transparency Act, we request a briefing either in a classified or unclassified setting, to discuss the full contents of this new information in your possession at your convenience, but not later than Friday, Dec. 5th, 2025," they wrote.

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