A cascade of new evidence from the Jeffrey Epstein files has thrust an unprecedented array of high-profile figures into public view just as the United States Department of Justice prepares to release hundreds of thousands of pages of federal investigative material by a legal deadline.
The controversy centres on a trove of documents and images obtained from Epstein's estate and turned over to the US House Oversight Committee. House Democrats have publicly released dozens of these images, including photographs showing Bill Gates, Noam Chomsky and Woody Allen in the company of Epstein.
