US President Donald Trump has called on his fellow Republicans in Congress to vote for the release of files related to the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

"House Republicans should vote to release the Epstein files, because we have nothing to hide," Mr Trump said in a post on Truth Social.

Members of the US Congress will this week vote on whether to publish unclassified documents linked to a sex trafficking probe into late paedophile Jeffrey Epstein.

It is a startling reversal, with Mr Trump previously fighting the proposal.

The US president, a one-time friend of Epstein, has been criticised by Democrats and some fellow Republicans over his handling of the files.

The president's shift is an implicit acknowledgement that supporters of the measure have enough votes to pass

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