The initial airing of a Fox News interview with Donald Trump last week cut out the former president saying he may not declassify federal files about convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein , who maintained close relationships with dozens of politicians, celebrities and other public figures before being found dead in his jail cell.

The discrepancy was first reported on Sunday by Semafor s Max Tani, who found that the presidents June 2 interview on Fox & Friends only included the first part of Trumps answer to host Rachel Campos-Duffys question: Would you declassify the Epstein files? In that airing, Trump replied, Yeah, I would, and the segment ended.

But Trumps full answer played later on Will Cains Fox News radio show, revealing that he quickly hedged his response, Semafor found.

I guess I would. I think that less so because, you dont know, you dont want to affect peoples lives if its phony stuff in there, because its a lot of phony stuff with that whole world. But I think I would, Trump said.

When Campos-Duffy asked him if he thought declassifying the documents would help restore trust, Trump reiterated hes not sure what hed do with the Epstein files.

I dont know about Epstein so much as I do the others, he continued. Certainly about the way he died. Itd be interesting to find out what happened there, because that was a weird situation and the cameras didnt happen to be working, etc., etc. But yeah, Id go a long way toward that one.

That full response also played on Mondays airing of Fox & Friends.

Fox News, a network with a history of friendly Trump coverage, did not respond to a request for comment.

Some people affiliated with Trump have been mentioned in unsealed documents about Epstein, who was awaiting trial for sweeping sex trafficking charges when he was found hanging in his cell in 2019. Among them is Alan Dershowitz, a lawyer for both Trump and Epstein. Virginia Giuffre, an alleged victim of Epstein who once worked at Trumps Mar-a-Lago property, said in 2014 the financier trafficked her to have sex with Dershowitz.

She backtracked on the lawyers involvement in 2022, saying she may have made a mistake in identifying Mr. Dershowitz. Dershowitz has denied the accusations.