Recently unveiled documents from the Justice Department have revealed unsettling images of Jeffrey Epstein allegedly engaging in inappropriate behavior with young girls aboard his private jet.

The photographs, which were displayed in frames at his residence on Little St. James Island, depict the convicted sex offender in close contact with individuals who appear to be minors.

In one particularly disturbing image, Epstein is seen with a young girl seated on his lap during a flight on what has been infamously dubbed the “Lolita Express.”

Another photo captures him sitting next to what seems to be another young passenger, as various reading materials lay open before him.

Additional distressing images, released as part of the document trove on Friday, show Epstein embracing what appears to be a child and giving a red-haired girl a kiss on her head.

It is unclear if the females seen in the undated photographs were victims of Epstein’s sex trafficking ring. He has been accused of abusing girls as young as 11 years old.

The images were among the more than 300,000 files released by the DOJ on Friday. The records were heavily redacted and no major revelations emerged.

At least 16 photographs, including one of the President flanked by women in bikinis, were mysteriously removed from the online records Saturday, prompting accusations of an alleged cover-up by the Trump Administration. They have since been reinstated.

Jeffrey Epstein appeared to be kissing and cuddling young girls on his private jet in disturbing photos released in the Justice Department’s latest trove of files

The stomach-turning photographs were framed and put on display at his mansion on Little St. James Island. In one image, Epstein is seen seated next to another passenger, seemingly a young girl, with a book and magazine sprawled out in front of him

The thousands of records posted publicly offer the most detailed look yet at nearly two decades’ worth of government scrutiny of Epstein’s sexual abuse of young women and underage girls. 

The tranche of materials released Friday included photographs of former president Bill Clinton and other famous names such as pop stars Sir Mick Jagger and Michael Jackson. 

But some of the most consequential records expected about Epstein were nowhere to be found, such as FBI interviews with survivors and internal Justice Department memos examining charging decisions. 

Those records could help explain how investigators viewed the case and why Epstein was allowed in 2008 to plead guilty to a relatively minor state-level prostitution charge.

Democrats also accused Republicans of a cover-up after files that had been available Friday were no longer accessible on the DOJ’s website by Saturday.

The missing files included images of paintings depicting nude women, and one showed a series of photographs along a credenza and in drawers.

In that image – inside a drawer among other photos – was a photograph of Trump, alongside the pedophile, Melania Trump and Epstein’s longtime associate, Ghislaine Maxwell. 

The DOJ said that the image of the Trump was flagged by the Southern District of New York ‘for potential further action to protect victims’. 

Other horrifying photos made public during Friday’s records release showed Epstein kissing a red-headed girl on the head

Epstein is cuddling what appeared to be a child. It is unclear if the females seen in the undated photographs were victims of Epstein’s sex trafficking ring. He has been accused of abusing girls as young as 11 years old

Various photos from a room near the sex dungeon in Jeffrey Epstein’s home released by the Department of Justice on Friday

Following furious backlash, the image was reinstated on Sunday morning after it was determined that ‘there is no evidence that any Epstein victims are depicted in the photograph’, a statement posted on X said.

Trump, who was friends with Epstein for years before the two had a falling-out, tried for months to keep the records sealed. 

Though the President has not been accused of wrongdoing in connection with Epstein, he has argued there is nothing to see in the files and that the public should focus on other issues.

Friday’s drop of files, replete with redactions, has not dulled the clamor for information, given how many records had yet to be released and because some of the materials had already been made public. 

California Democrat Ro Khanna and Thomas Massie, a Kentucky Republican, have indicated they could draft articles of impeachment against Attorney General Pam Bondi for what they see as the gross failure of the department to comply with the Epstein Files Transparency Act. 

‘It’s not about the timeline, it’s about the selective concealment,’ Khanna said on CBS’ Face the Nation, adding that the redactions in the released files are excessive. 

He said he believes there will be ‘bipartisan support in holding her accountable, and a committee of Congress should determine whether these redactions are justified or not.’

House Democratic leader Hakeem Jeffries of New York argued that there needs ‘to be a full and complete explanation and then a full and complete investigation as to why the document production has fallen short of what the law clearly required,’ but he stopped short of backing impeachment.

This photo of an open drawer containing an image of Donald Trump, alongside Epstein, Melania Trump and Ghislaine Maxwell, was removed but then later reinstated in the files

The Department of Justice claimed the photo was removed to ensure no victims were pictured

But Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche on Sunday defended the redactions DOJ’s decision to release just a fraction of the Epstein files by the congressionally mandated deadline as necessary actions to protect the pedophile’s victims.

He pledged that the Trump administration eventually would meet its obligation required by law – but stressed that the department was obligated to act with caution as it goes about making public documents that can include sensitive information.

Blanche called that pushback disingenuous as the Trump Administration continues to struggle with calls for greater transparency, including from members of his political base, about the government’s investigations into Epstein.

‘The reason why we are still reviewing documents and still continuing our process is simply that to protect victims,’ Blanche told NBC’s Meet the Press on Sunday.

‘So the same individuals that are out there complaining about the lack of documents that were produced on Friday are the same individuals who apparently don’t want us to protect victims.’

He also defended the department’s decision to remove several files related to the case from its public webpage, including a photograph showing Trump, less than a day after they were posted.

Blanche said the documents were removed because they also showed victims of Epstein. He added: ‘It has nothing to do with President Trump. There are dozens of photos of President Trump already released to the public [showing] him with Mr Epstein.’

The deputy attorney general’s comments were the most extensive by the administration since the file dump.

The tranche of materials released Friday included photographs of former president Bill Clinton and other famous names such as pop star Michael Jackson. The pair pose with Diana Ross

Sir Mick Jagger and the former US president have their picture taken with a woman

Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor is seen lying across women at a black-tie event with Maxwell at the royal estate in Sandringham, UK

Kevin Spacey (second from the right, next to Clinton) was also pictured in the files, seen here in the Churchill War Rooms in London. Maxwell is wearing a cream blouse

Federal prosecutors in New York brought sex trafficking charges against Epstein in 2019, but he killed himself in jail after his arrest.

Maxwell, Epstein’s onetime girlfriend, is serving a 20-year federal prison sentence for her 2021 conviction for sex trafficking crimes. 

The deputy attorney general also defended the decision by the federal Bureau of Prisons to transfer Maxwell to a less restrictive, minimum-security federal prison earlier this year, soon after he interviewed her about Epstein. 

Blanche said that the transfer was made because of concerns about her safety.

‘She was suffering numerous threats against her life,’ Blanche said. ‘So the BOP is not only responsible for putting people in jail and making sure they stay in jail, but also for their safety.’