Which specific flight manifests and passenger lists in the Epstein files mention Donald Trump, and where can they be accessed?
Executive summary
The publicly released Epstein material contains flight logs and passenger lists that include entries for Donald Trump; a Jan. 2020 prosecutor email in the DOJ tranche states Trump is listed on at least eight Epstein flights between 1993 and 1996, and earlier DOJ releases included handwritten manifests showing Trump on specific 1990s trips [1] [2] [3]. Those records are part of the multi-release of Epstein-related documents posted by the U.S. Department of Justice under the Transparency Act and have been circulated and reported on by major outlets including the BBC, PBS, Reuters and others [1] [4] [3].
1. What the flight records say — the DOJ prosecutor’s note and the count
An assistant U.S. attorney’s January 7, 2020 email, made public in the DOJ’s later disclosures, explicitly states “Donald Trump traveled on Epstein’s private jet many more times than previously has been reported,” and summarizes that Trump “is listed as a passenger on at least eight flights between 1993 and 1996,” including several flights on which Ghislaine Maxwell also appears, and at least one flight listing Trump alongside Epstein and a then-20‑year‑old whose name was redacted [1] [2]. That prosecutor’s summary is the clearest, quoted statement tying multiple flight-manifest entries to Trump in the released file set [1].
2. Specific manifests and a dated example reporters have identified
Reporting on the released handwritten logs points to concrete listings: one handwritten entry from Aug. 13, 1995, appears to show Donald Trump and his son Eric as passengers on a Palm Beach (PBI) to Teterboro (TEB) flight — a detail singled out by the BBC when describing the release [1]. Public summaries and the secondary reporting also list multiple 1990s dates associated with “Donald Trump” entries in compiled flight logs: April 23, 1993; Oct. 11 and Oct. 17, 1993; May 15, 1994; Aug. 13, 1995; and Jan. 5, 1997, among the dates frequently cited in archival summaries of the caches [5]. Those dates and the August 1995 routing are drawn from the flight‑log material and subsequent media aggregations of the files [1] [5].
3. Where these manifests and passenger lists can be accessed
The underlying manifests and the prosecutor email are part of the Justice Department’s rolling public disclosures of Epstein files required by the Transparency Act; the DOJ posted batches of documents online and major outlets reproduced or annotated the material after the December 2025–early‑2026 releases [4] [6] [3]. Earlier portions of the cache — including the first batch of Epstein material containing flight manifests — were released by the DOJ in February (of the year covered by the Reuters summary) and remain the canonical source for the handwritten flight logs referenced in reporting [3]. Journalists and researchers have accessed the same DOJ repository that the news coverage cites; authoritative reporting from BBC, PBS, The Guardian and Reuters explains both the DOJ’s posting and which files within the tranche include flight lists [1] [4] [7] [3].
4. Limits, redactions and competing interpretations
The documents as released are voluminous, heavily redacted in places, and include many mentions of Trump that are merely news clippings or third‑party tips rather than contemporaneous, verified passenger manifests — points stressed by outlets that reviewed the trove [8] [7]. The handwritten logs themselves are often difficult to read and the DOJ’s prosecutor email does not publish the full, unredacted manifests in‑line; reporting therefore relies on DOJ postings plus media transcription and annotation [1] [2]. The Trump camp disputes the implications of the filings — Trump has asserted he “was never on Epstein’s plane” in later public statements — and some outlets caution that a name on a log is not, by itself, proof of wrongdoing [1] [6].
5. How to verify and follow the original files
Verification requires consulting the DOJ’s public archive of Epstein materials (the posted tranches and the February flight‑manifest batch noted by Reuters), then cross‑referencing the specific handwritten flight logs and the Jan. 2020 prosecutor email that summarizes the eight‑flight count; the BBC, PBS and Reuters pieces point directly to those DOJ releases as the primary sources, while comprehensive aggregations and file indexes from major newsrooms can help locate the specific manifest images and documents [1] [4] [3]. Reporters and researchers should account for redactions, illegible handwriting and the difference between a manifest entry and corroborating evidence before drawing broader conclusions [1] [8].