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The US House of Representatives has just voted in favour of releasing the remaining Epstein files to the public.

It comes after US President Donald Trump backflipped saying he has nothing to hide.

Previously 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 Jeffrey 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 hide,” the Republican president wrote late on social media.

Epstein was convicted on several Florida state and fede

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