Jeffrey Epstein rubbed shoulders with the world's richest men at a so-called billionaires' dinner three years after he was convicted of sex crimes .
House Democrats released 68 photographs from Epstein's estate on Thursday, including images taken at the Edge Group's annual dinner in 2011.
The event, hosted by literary agent John Brockman's nonprofit, was attended by some of the tech industry's most powerful people.
These included Tesla CEO Elon Musk, Amazon boss Jeff Bezos, and Google co-founder Sergey Brin, reports the Daily Mail.
Matching photographs raise questions
The House Oversight Committee published images of Epstein, New York Times columnist David Brooks, former YouTube CEO Salar Kamangar and Brin at the event.
Images of other attendees were not included in the files and the committee did not provide any context for the images of the people at the event who were included. It comes a day before the deadline for the DOJ to release its Epstein files.
Some of the newly unearthed images exactly matched photographs published on the Edge website that were allegedly taken by Microsoft's former Chief Technology Officer Nathan Myhrvold, who was previously named in the Epstein files.
Unanswered questions and missing context
Other photos included in the dump are seemingly from the Epstein estate's personal collection, though appear to be taken in the same style as Myhrvold's images.
Given that the late financier's estate handed over thousands of photos to the House Democrats without providing any context, it is unclear which photographer captured Epstein's photographs, states the report.
It is unclear why they chose to publish this selection of images or if Epstein's estate turned over any other photographs from the dinner.
Epstein was a guest at the 2011 event, despite having already pleaded guilty to two prostitution-related felonies in Florida.
After his arrest in 2019, the Edge Group - a nonprofit that gather scientists, philosophers, artists and technologists so they can discuss cutting-edge ideas - scrubbed record of him attending the dinner from its website.
The 2011 Billionaires' Dinner was held in New York City, with Epstein among the attendees of the star-studded event.
The House Oversight Committee released photographs of Epstein, Brin, Brooks and Kamangar at the event. They were the only attendees photographed in the file.
