India, Dec. 20 -- The newly-released documents on Jeffrey Epstein, released on the Justice Department's website, have revealed two images showing public intellectual Noam Chomsky seated with the convicted pedophile on what appears to be an aircraft. Chomsky - renowned linguist, philosopher, and political activist - being mentioned in the Epstein files came as a surprise after emails released by US lawmakers in November indicated that Chomsky had deeper ties with Epstein than was previously known.

Documents obtained by The Wall Street Journal revealed that Chomsky met with Epstein several times in 2015 and 2016, even after Epstein had already served jail time for soliciting a minor for prostitution. Chomsky reportedly claimed that these m...