Democrats on the House Oversight Committee have released previously unpublished photographs of Jeffrey Epstein’s private island in the US Virgin Islands, Little Saint James. The committee says the images are part of a trove of materials provided by the Virgin Islands Department of Justice, with additional documents expected to be published in the coming days. This batch supplements information the committee has already received from the US Department of Justice and the executors of Epstein’s estate.
According to Robert Garcia, the committee’s ranking Democrat, “these new images offer a disturbing glimpse into Jeffrey Epstein’s world and his island.” He stressed that releasing the photographs and videos is essential to ensuring transparency in the investigation and to reconstructing the full picture of “Epstein’s horrific crimes.” “We will not stop until we secure justice for the survivors,” he said.
A “No trespassing” sign on the beach of Little Saint James.
A room on Little Saint James with a chalkboard, chairs and a desk.
A bathroom on Little Saint James.
A bedroom on Little Saint James.
A room on Little Saint James featuring equipment resembling a dental chair.
A phone on Little Saint James.
Republicans criticised the decision, calling it “odd.” The committee’s Republican representative said Democrats were “once again selectively releasing information, as they have done before,” recalling that previous attempts to “fabricate yet another hoax against President Trump utterly collapsed.” He noted that the committee had received roughly 5,000 documents in response to subpoenas issued by Chair James Comer to J.P. Morgan and Deutsche Bank, as well as his request to the Virgin Islands authorities. He added that the committee majority is reviewing the material and will present it to the public soon, as it has already done with more than 65,000 pages gathered over the course of the investigation.