The Federal Bureau of Investigation redacted President Donald Trump’s name and those of other high-profile individuals from government files related to Jeffrey Epstein, according to three people familiar with the matter.

The president's comments seemed to defy his previous assertions that a push for further transparency on Epstein was a "hoax"

His comments come amid an effort from his administration to ease an uproar plaguing his presidency urging two judges to release testimony to a grand jury that indicted Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell on sex trafficking charges.