(NewsNation) — An alleged survivor of Jeffrey Epstein says the newly released photos from his estate provide little clarity without complete documentation, as other survivors and Democrats push for comprehensive disclosure of files that could reveal the full scope of the sex trafficking operation.
“Without the full scope of information, pictures, call logs, videos inside the house, who was there, all the information together, we won’t be able to get a clear picture of what was really going on,” Lisa Phillips, an Epstein survivor and podcast host, told NewsNation following Friday’s release of dozens of photos by House Democrats.
Jennifer Freeman, an attorney representing Phillips and other Epstein survivors, said the photos represent only a fraction of what’s needed.
“I’m not sure if it’s going to come out or not, because there’s so many people that are doing everything in their power to not release it,” Phillips added.
Freeman said, “there are many more images and documents to be obtained” from the Department of Justice, banks and other materials.
House Democrats on the Oversight Committee released the photos Friday from more than 95,000 items they obtained from Epstein’s estate. The images included President Donald Trump, former President Bill Clinton and former Prince Andrew, though they were released without captions or context.
Phillips said the recently released photos show only “trickles of information, of parties, what things look like, who was buddy-buddy, but it doesn’t really show actual evidence of what was going on and how involved those people in the pictures were.”
One widely circulated black-and-white image showed Trump alongside six women whose faces were redacted.
The Trump administration faces a deadline next week to produce Epstein files that have fueled conspiracy theories and speculation for years. The Department of Justice is under compulsion to release case files separate from the estate photos.
Democrats explained the redactions by stating their commitment “has been to redact any photo, any information that could lead to any sort of harm to any of the victims.” However, they did not clarify whether the redacted women in the photos were survivors.
Epstein survivor defends face redactions to protect women in photos
Phillips defended the decision to black out faces, explaining that exposure could harm both survivors and those who attended parties innocently.
“If they’re not someone who’s a survivor, then people see their face, all of a sudden the media and everybody wants to ask them questions, and their life is just turned upside down,” she said.
She added that survivors who come forward face serious consequences: “We put up with a lot of death threats and people antagonizing us everywhere we go and online.”
Freeman emphasized the need for answers about federal inaction, citing a 1996 case where survivor Maria Farmer reported Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell to the FBI.
“What did they do? As far as we can tell, absolutely nothing. We want answers, and those documents should tell us what they did,” Freeman said.
The photos were obtained through a specific subpoena request regarding activities at Epstein’s properties. Epstein died in a New York jail cell in 2019 while awaiting trial on sex trafficking charges.
Trump said he had not seen the photos but characterized them as “no big deal.”
The Associated Press contributed to this report.