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Who are the publicly identified passengers on Jeffrey Epstein's flight logs?
Executive summary
Flight logs from Jeffrey Epstein’s aircraft — long circulated in court filings and publicly posted collections — list hundreds of names including high-profile figures such as Bill Clinton, Donald Trump, Prince Andrew, Naomi Campbell, Kevin Spacey and Ghislaine Maxwell [1] [2] [3]. The Department of Justice’s February 2025 release and multiple compilations reproduce many of those names, but entries are often initials, first names, or vague descriptions, and appearance on a log does not by itself prove wrongdoing [1] [4] [2].
1. What the flight logs are and how they reached the public
The documents compiled as Epstein’s pilots’ handwritten logbooks record dates, aircraft tail numbers, flight legs and passenger names or initials; unredacted scans have been entered into evidence in trials (such as at Ghislaine Maxwell’s trial) and posted in public document repositories and government releases, including a DOJ batch in 2025 and archived PDFs of the original logbooks [1] [4] [2].
2. Who appears on the logs — notable, recurring names
Multiple reputable compilations and news summaries list recurring high-profile names across those pages: former President Bill Clinton, former President Donald Trump, Prince Andrew, Naomi Campbell, Kevin Spacey, Chris Tucker and Ghislaine Maxwell are among those that appear in the released logs [2] [5] [3]. Media outlets and archives also note appearances by figures such as Alan Dershowitz, Larry Summers, Glenn Dubin and others cited in the DOJ release and press coverage [2] [6].
3. How to interpret a name on a manifest: presence ≠ culpability
Coverage of the logs stresses that an entry only records that someone was on a flight; it does not document context, purpose, or what occurred on any trip. Trial testimony confirmed pilots sometimes used initials or placeholders (“one female”), and a presence in a log was not treated as proof of criminal conduct by itself [4]. Journalistic accounts repeatedly emphasize that names drawn from logs have been widely publicized but do not equate to legal findings against those named [4] [2].
4. Variations and redactions complicate identification
Many published versions are partial, redacted or transcribed with uncertainties; some compilations rely on photocopies or selections produced in litigation, while others are more complete archives of scanned pages [1] [7]. Because pilots recorded initials, nicknames or first names, researchers and reporters sometimes reach different conclusions about who an entry denotes; several outlets caution against treating every transcription as definitive [1] [4].
5. Commonly-cited examples and disputed entries
Press accounts have highlighted specific trips — for instance, reports that Bill Clinton flew on Epstein’s jet numerous times in the early 2000s (including a 2002 Africa trip with Kevin Spacey and Chris Tucker) and that Donald Trump flew on the plane in the 1990s — but such summaries are drawn from the logs and related reporting rather than court findings that those trips entailed crimes [3] [5]. Prince Andrew’s name appears in certain log pages shown at trial, a point that has attracted substantial media scrutiny [4].
6. Public compilations, statistics and who traveled most
Analyses assembled from the logbooks show Epstein’s initials appearing very frequently (over a thousand entries in some tallies) and note that Ghislaine Maxwell traveled often on his aircraft; these statistical reads aim to illustrate patterns of travel rather than to assign criminality by frequency [8] [4].
7. What the available sources do not settle
Available sources do not mention, and therefore do not establish, what activities took place on any specific flights or who, if anyone, committed crimes on those flights beyond criminal charges brought in court; the logs themselves are documentary leads rather than verdicts [1] [4]. For many names, publicly available entries are ambiguous (initials, nicknames) and multiple outlets note varied transcriptions of the same pages [1] [7].
8. How reporters and researchers treat the lists — competing approaches
Some outlets publish near-complete transcriptions or PDFs for transparency (archived log scans and DocumentCloud pages), while others provide curated lists of “notable” passengers in headlines; critics warn that sensational lists risk implying guilt solely from a travel record, whereas proponents argue transparency can prompt further investigation [1] [7] [2].
If you want, I can pull specific named examples and cite exact pages from the archived unredacted logs [1] and the DOJ/press releases [2] so you can see each entry in context.