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What flight logs or flight manifests place Bill Clinton on Epstein-related flights or properties?
Executive summary
Publicly released Epstein flight logs and related documents show former President Bill Clinton appears repeatedly as a passenger on Jeffrey Epstein’s aircraft in 2002–2003 — reporting ranges from “more than a dozen” up to about 26–27 flights — but the same records and multiple news outlets say they contain no clear evidence Clinton ever flew to Epstein’s private island in the U.S. Virgin Islands (records show no Virgin Islands–bound entry for Clinton) [1] [2] [3].
1. What the flight logs actually show — repeated appearances, varied counts
Multiple outlets that have reviewed court filings and the flight manifests report Bill Clinton appears multiple times in Epstein’s plane logs: investigative reporting in 2002–2016 and later summaries describe “more than a dozen” flights, while some media tallies put the count as high as about 26 or 27 trips on Epstein aircraft in 2002–2003 [1] [2] [4]. The House Oversight Committee releases and press coverage in 2025 reiterate that Clinton “appeared several times” in those manifests and that the files include entries showing flights with Clinton and others [5] [6].
2. Where the flights went — international stops, foundation work cited
News analyses of the logs list international destinations tied to those flights: places such as Siberia, Japan, China, Morocco, Armenia and Africa are specifically named in reporting, and some trips are described as related to Clinton Foundation work or paid speaking tours [2] [7]. Media note that flight logs themselves typically do not record the purpose of travel; outlet reporting links some passengers (e.g., Kevin Spacey, Chris Tucker) to Clinton Foundation trips [2] [7].
3. The island question — flight logs don’t place Clinton on Little Saint James
Multiple fact-checking pieces and reporting stress a key distinction: while Clinton’s name is in flight records, those same logs do not list him as a passenger on any Virgin Islands–bound plane and therefore do not place him on Epstein’s Little Saint James island — a conclusion stated by FactCheck.org and other outlets reviewing the logs [3] [4] [8]. Epstein’s own emails later claimed Clinton “never” visited the island, a claim shown in released documents [9].
4. Secret Service and accompaniment — some entries note agents, some do not
Reports note most logged flights with Clinton include notation of his staff or Secret Service details, but several entries from 2002 had no Secret Service notation, which outlets point out as a detail of interest [2] [7]. Media analyses caution that absence of a Secret Service notation in a log entry is not, by itself, proof agents were not present; the logs are not formal government records of protective details [2].
5. Disputes, denials, and context from Clinton’s team
Clinton’s spokespeople have repeatedly denied knowledge of Epstein’s crimes and have said he never went to the island and had not spoken with Epstein in more than a decade; Ghislaine Maxwell later said Clinton “absolutely never went” to Little Saint James and that she did not believe he had an independent friendship with Epstein [10] [4]. At the same time, Republican investigators and some political figures have highlighted the flight entries to press for further oversight or probes [11] [12].
6. Limitations of the flight-log evidence — what logs do and don’t prove
Flight manifests and logs show who was recorded as travelling on certain planes on certain dates; they do not — on their own — prove the nature of interactions onboard or at destinations, nor do they by themselves establish criminal conduct [1]. Several outlets explicitly caution that names in documents are not evidence of wrongdoing; unsealed filings and media tallies are useful for chronology but have interpretive limits [1] [4].
7. Why counts vary — different datasets and releases
The variation in the number of flights attributed to Clinton (figures such as “more than a dozen,” 17, 26, or 27) reflects different compilations: earlier Gawker/press-published manifests, later unsealed court filings, media tallies and the House Oversight Committee’s phased document releases each covered overlapping but not identical sets of records, producing slightly different tallies [1] [2] [5].
8. Bottom line for researchers or reporters
If your question is whether flight logs and manifests place Bill Clinton on Epstein flights: available public documents repeatedly record Clinton as a passenger on Epstein aircraft in 2002–2003 (counts differ by analysis) [1] [2]. If your question is whether those logs place Clinton on Epstein’s private island, reporting and the logs reviewed by fact-checkers say there is no record of Clinton on a Virgin Islands–bound plane and Epstein’s own emails also claim he was never on the island [3] [9]. Available sources do not mention unambiguous, documentary proof in the released logs that Clinton ever set foot on Little Saint James.