US President Donald Trump has urged lawmakers in his own party to vote to release files relating to the late convicted paedophile financier Jeffrey Epstein, BBC reported.

Trump wrote on Sunday night that Republicans in the House of Representatives should do so "because we have nothing to hide".

The reversal of his recent position follows a slow drip feed of documents concerning the disgraced financier by House Democrats, some of which reference Trump, who has always denied any link to Epstein's sex abuse and trafficking, according to BBC.