The US House of Representatives is poised to vote to force the release of investigative files related to the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, with passage seen as all but guaranteed after President Donald Trump dropped his longstanding opposition.

The vote is expected as soon as Tuesday after Trump's reversal on Sunday, days after a House petition gathered enough support to force a vote, a rare instance of House Republicans defying the president's wishes.

Until the weekend, Trump and his staff had lobbied hard to prevent any further release of files from the criminal investigation by the US Department of Justice into Epstein, a wealthy New York financier who was, for a time, friends with Trump.

"House Republicans should vote to release the Epstein files, because we have nothing to hid

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