“Harrowing” new pictures of Jeffrey Epstein‘s island have been released, shedding new light on the home where the disgraced financier committed his crimes. The chilling images were shared on social media by Democrats on the House Oversight Committee on Wednesday (December 3).

In a tweet, the group wrote: “Oversight Dems have received never-before-seen photos and videos of Jeffrey Epstein’s private island that are a harrowing look behind Epstein’s closed doors. See for yourself. We won’t stop fighting until we end this cover-up and deliver justice for the survivors.”

The Democrats released 14 photos and videos of Epstein’s private island in the US Virgin Islands, showing empty courtyards, a bedroom and other rooms from his luxury villa.

Congress wants the Trump administration to release all of its case files on the sex trafficking investigation into the late financier.

Robert Garcia, the top Democrat on the oversight panel, said he was releasing the images “to ensure public transparency” in the investigation and to “help piece together the full picture of Epstein’s horrific crimes”.

The Department of Justice has until mid-December to comply with legislation passed by Congress and signed by President Donald Trump to publicly release many of its documents on Epstein.

Epstein died by suicide in a New York jail in 2019. He was a convicted sex offender with connections to royalty, wealthy and powerful people, including Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, former US president Bill Clinton and ex-US Treasury Secretary, Larry Summers.

Since his death, the billionaire has become a focus for outrage and conspiracy theories about wrongdoing among US elites.

Tens of thousands of pages of records on Epstein and his confidante Ghislaine Maxwell have already been released over the years.

In a filing last month, the Justice Department listed 18 categories of material which it is seeking to release from Maxwell’s case, including reports, photographs, videos and other materials.

Maxwell was sentenced to 20 years after she was convicted of conspiring with Epstein to sexually abuse underage girls.

A judge in Florida last year ordered the release of about 150 pages of transcripts from a state grand jury which investigated Epstein in 2006.

Last month, the Justice Department moved to unseal transcripts from a federal grand jury which also investigated Epstein.

That investigation ended in 2008 with a then-secret arrangement which allowed Epstein to avoid federal charges by pleading guilty to a state prostitution charge.

He served 13 months in a jail work-release program. The request to unseal those transcripts is still pending.