Former prime minister Ehud Barak appears in one of the dozens of photos that Democrats in the US Congress released from the estate of the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein on Thursday.

An undated photo shows Barak seated at a table between billionaire Thomas Pritzker and director Woody Allen, with magician David Blaine standing to the side. Epstein, who died by suicide in federal prison after he was charged with sex trafficking of young women, can be seen standing between Barak and Allen.

Barak reportedly met with Epstein dozens of times beginning in 2013, Barak’s final year as Israel’s defense minister. The former premier has previously defended his business dealings with Epstein, saying he believed Epstein had already paid his debt to society for an earlier charge of soliciting prostitution from a minor. Blaine, Pritzker and Allen could not immediately be reached for comment.

The previously unreleased photo of Barak was one of 68 images that Democrats on the US House Oversight Committee released on Thursday, a day before the US Justice Department is........

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