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Which witnesses specifically named politicians as visitors to Little Saint James in court testimony or depositions?
Executive summary
Available reporting in the provided search results does not identify any witnesses in court testimony or depositions who specifically named U.S. politicians as visitors to Little Saint James; recent coverage instead focuses on newly released Epstein documents showing communications (text/emails) with at least one lawmaker, Rep. Stacey Plaskett, during a 2019 hearing (Newsweek, Washington Post reporting cited by outlets) [1] [2]. The documents and broader archives being released by Congress and the DOJ are described as containing witness interview forms (“302s”), flight logs and other records that could bear on who visited the island — but the sample articles in these results do not report contemporaneous sworn witnesses in court naming specific politicians as island visitors [3] [4].
1. What the available documents and news articles actually show
News outlets in these search results highlight newly released communications from Epstein’s estate and related document troves that include emails/texts and investigative records; coverage emphasizes that those troves contain many types of records (FBI 302s, flight logs, memoranda), but the cited articles here report on text messages between Epstein and Rep. Stacey Plaskett during Michael Cohen’s 2019 testimony rather than testimony or depositions explicitly naming politicians as visitors to Little Saint James [1] [2] [5]. Reporting on the document releases frames them as potentially revealing but does not, in these pieces, present sworn witness statements naming named politicians as island visitors [3].
2. The Plaskett texts: a distinct but different form of evidence
Several pieces in the sample specifically cite text exchanges in which Jeffrey Epstein appears to be messaging a lawmaker identified as Del. Stacey Plaskett while she was about to question Michael Cohen; outlets note the messages were part of the trove released by House Oversight and were matched to the lawmaker by timing and video analysis [1] [2]. Those communications are not the same as a witness in a court deposition or trial saying “I saw Politician X on Little Saint James,” and the provided reporting does not claim Plaskett was identified as a visitor to the island by any witness in sworn testimony [1] [6].
3. What the larger investigative records might contain — and what these stories say they include
CNN and other outlets cited in these search results describe a broad collection of materials obtained by investigators — including “302s” summarizing witness interviews, memorandums, flight logs and other potential evidence — that could contain firsthand statements about island visitors [3]. But the articles in your results do not extract or quote any specific witness deposition or sworn testimony from those 302s that names particular politicians as having been on Little Saint James [3] [4].
4. Why people conflating “documents” with “witness testimony” creates confusion
Several outlets and commentary reproduce or infer associations between prominent names and Epstein’s network based on flight logs, photographs, third‑party allegations, or released communications; those sources sometimes blur distinctions between types of records. The search results show pieces that reference flight logs and settlement findings about crimes occurring on Little Saint James, but they do not present court deposition transcripts in which witnesses swear under oath that named politicians visited the island [3] [7].
5. Claims in secondary or partisan outlets and their limitations
Some outlets in the results (e.g., partisan or fringe sites) amplify implications that high‑profile politicians visited the island, or present headlines implying definitive witness identifications; those pieces in these search results do not cite sworn deposition excerpts or corroborating court testimony and thus should be read as extrapolations from released records, not as direct excerpts from depositions [8] [6]. Available sources do not mention any deposition language or witness testimony in court that the provided search results quote as naming specific politicians as island visitors.
6. What’s not found in the current reporting and next steps for verification
Available sources do not mention any specific witness testimony or deposition excerpts in which a named politician is sworn to have visited Little Saint James; they instead report on document troves, flight logs, and communications that may be suggestive but are distinct evidence types [3] [1]. To verify claims that a politician was named by a witness under oath, readers should look for direct publication of: (a) transcribed deposition or trial testimony, (b) verbatim FBI 302s quoted by news organizations, or (c) court filings that reproduce sworn statements; those forms are not present in the search results provided here [3].
If you want, I can search the underlying trove or look for follow‑up reporting that directly quotes deposition transcripts or 302s naming specific politicians as visitors to Little Saint James — or assemble a checklist of the specific document types and keywords (e.g., “302,” “deposition,” “[name] saw [politician] on Little Saint James”) to use in further searches.