U.S. financier Jeffrey Epstein appears in a photograph taken for the New York State Division of Criminal Justice Services' sex offender registry March 28, 2017 and obtained by Reuters July 10, 2019. New York State Division of Criminal Justice Services/Handout via REUTERS.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. House of Representatives on Tuesday began voting on legislation to compel the Department of Justice to release more of its files on the investigation of the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein -- a move that President Donald Trump embraced early this week after months of dismissing it as a "hoax" by Democrats.

(Reporting by Richard Cowan; Editing by Katharine Jackson)