Who else flew on Jeffrey Epstein's Lolita Express with Bill Clinton and when?
Executive summary
Flight logs show Bill Clinton flew on Jeffrey Epstein’s planes multiple times in 2002–2003, with reporting citing between 17 and 27 flights and at least one documented September 2002 trip to Africa with Kevin Spacey and Chris Tucker [1] [2]. Available sources agree the logs do not show Clinton flying to Epstein’s private island in the U.S. Virgin Islands, and some released emails record Epstein asserting Clinton “never” visited the island [3] [4].
1. What the flight logs say — numbers, dates and destinations
Published flight-log reporting and compilations show Clinton aboard Epstein aircraft repeatedly in 2002–2003; different outlets quote different tallies (for example, “at least 17 flights” in 2002–03 and “27 times” on the same jet in some summaries), and logs record international trips including Africa (September 2002), Siberia-to-Japan (May 20, 2002) and stops in places such as Morocco, China and Armenia [2] [1] [5]. These entries are downloadable in the document releases that media outlets and repositories have used to compile passenger lists [6].
2. Who else was listed on flights with Clinton
Contemporaneous reporting highlights specific co-passengers on some trips: the September 2002 Africa flight is repeatedly described as carrying Bill Clinton, Kevin Spacey and Chris Tucker; other reviews of the flight logs list many prominent names across Epstein’s manifests, including Donald Trump, Prince Andrew, Alan Dershowitz, Larry Summers and others [1] [7] [8]. News outlets note that some of those companions were traveling for Clinton Foundation work or speaking tours, according to public statements [9] [2].
3. Secret Service, purpose and context offered by spokespeople
Clinton’s spokespeople have said his trips on Epstein’s plane were related to foundation work and that he did not visit Epstein’s private island; several media reports and fact-checks stress that many flights noted Secret Service presence while some entries lack that notation [1] [3] [5]. The logs themselves do not explain the purpose of each trip; reporting links some celebrity co-travelers to charity or foundation initiatives but the flight manifests alone don’t prove intent [2].
4. What the records do not show — island trips and criminal allegations
FactCheck.org and multiple news summaries underline a clear point of consensus in available documents: none of the flight logs list Clinton as a passenger on a plane bound for Epstein’s Little Saint James island in the U.S. Virgin Islands, and the released emails include Epstein’s own statements that Clinton “never” visited the island [3] [4]. Separately, Newsweek and other outlets emphasize that appearance in logs is not a criminal conviction; those named in logs deny wrongdoing and have not been charged on the basis of flight lists alone [7].
5. Discrepancies, limitations and why tallies differ
Different counts [10] [11] [12] appear across outlets because compilers count flights, trips, stops and separate manifests differently; for example, one analysis counted 26 flights across six trips, while another summary described 17 flights in 2002–03 and some references list 27 plane appearances on the particular Boeing 727 [3] [2] [1]. The underlying flight logs are complex — entries may have multiple stops, shorthand notations, redactions or illegible segments — which explains why reporting varies [2] [6].
6. Alternative viewpoints and official reviews
Some political actors and commentators have used flight-log names to suggest broader conspiracies; however, DOJ and FBI materials cited in reporting (and later memos) state investigators did not find a definitive “client list” or evidence that Epstein systematically blackmailed prominent figures, according to summaries of the reviewed evidence [7] [13]. Reporting also shows Epstein and others disputed specific allegations in private emails released later, illustrating competing narratives within the documents themselves [4] [14].
7. What further corroboration would be needed to answer “who else” and “when” fully
Flight logs identify many names (a number of high‑profile individuals are present across manifests), but proving the reason for travel, duration, presence at specific sites (for example, Epstein’s island) or criminal conduct requires additional evidence beyond manifests — such as witness statements, travel vouchers, contemporaneous records or investigative findings — which the current batch of public documents and reporting do not uniformly provide [6] [13].
8. Bottom line for readers
Available reporting from compiled flight logs and released Epstein documents establishes Clinton repeatedly flew on Epstein-owned planes with numerous other well-known passengers in 2002–2003 — including a documented September 2002 Africa trip with Kevin Spacey and Chris Tucker — but the logs do not show Clinton ever flying to Epstein’s private island and do not by themselves prove criminal activity [1] [2] [3]. Available sources do not mention definitive evidence tying logged passengers to criminal acts based solely on being on those flights [7] [13].