What Epstein flight logs reveal about which public figures traveled with him?
Executive summary
The unsealed Epstein flight logs—compiled from pilots’ notebooks, court exhibits and government releases—show that a wide array of public figures boarded Jeffrey Epstein’s aircraft over decades, including politicians, celebrities and business leaders; the records establish travel with Epstein but do not, on their own, prove criminal conduct or the circumstances of each trip [1] [2] [3]. Major compilations and reporting name specific high-profile passengers such as Bill Clinton, Donald Trump, Naomi Campbell and others, and government releases in 2025 added more pages to the public record amid political debate over what the logs imply [4] [5] [6].
1. What the raw logs are and who released them
The materials commonly called “Epstein flight logs” are pilots’ logbooks, passenger manifests and related court exhibits that were unsealed in litigation and later posted by outlets and government sites; DocumentCloud hosts the flight‑log exhibit released in USA v. Maxwell, the Justice Department has distributed flight‑log pages as an exhibit, and archival PDFs reproduce unredacted pilots’ entries [1] [3] [2]. Business Insider compiled those fragments with FAA and signal data to create a searchable dataset of Epstein’s fleet and known flights, and the FBI Vault and other public repositories also hold investigative files related to Epstein [4] [7].
2. Which public figures appear in the logs—names frequently cited
Several widely reported names appear repeatedly in the public material: for example, flight records have Clinton listed on multiple flights—reporting cites as many as 27 flights on Epstein’s 727—and contemporaneous press noted trips involving Bill Clinton alongside entertainers such as Kevin Spacey and Chris Tucker [5]. Media and archived manifests list other prominent individuals who rode Epstein’s planes at various times, including Naomi Campbell and, according to family recollections and press, Donald Trump, while legal exhibits and datasets also contain names like Alan Dershowitz, Larry Summers and even astronaut John Glenn among those reported on some flights [4] [5] [8].
3. Patterns the logs show, and frequent co‑travelers
Analyses of the material reveal patterns: Epstein’s initials appear many times in pilots’ logs and he rarely traveled alone—one analysis found Epstein listed in company on roughly 93% of logged flights—and Ghislaine Maxwell is recorded as one of the most frequent companions on his aircraft [9]. Business Insider’s aggregation traced more than 2,600 trips across Epstein’s jets between 1995 and 2019, documenting routes and passenger names where available, which underscores both the scale of Epstein’s travel network and the diversity of people who appear in the records [4].
4. What the logs do not prove and why context matters
The logs are evidence of presence or association on particular flights but do not by themselves provide context—passenger names or initials do not reveal purpose, interactions on board, ages of other passengers, or whether anyone committed wrongdoing; courts and reporters caution against equating presence on a plane with criminal culpability [1] [3]. Moreover, the DOJ and FBI reviews have addressed related allegations: reporting of a 2025 DOJ memo asserted there was no evidence that Epstein maintained a blackmail “client list” or that his death was anything other than suicide, highlighting limits to what flight records can establish on their own [10].
5. Political and reporting contours around releases
The release of additional pages and redacted contact lists in 2025 drew political scrutiny—the Axios summary noted the Department of Justice made documents public amid criticism and competing narratives—which means the timing and selection of released documents are interpreted through partisan lenses and advocacy goals even as journalists and researchers mine the logs for names and travel patterns [6] [10]. Independent archival projects, court exhibits and mainstream investigations together form the primary public record; each source carries its own provenance and potential biases that must be weighed when interpreting which public figures “traveled with” Epstein and what that travel signified [1] [2] [4].