Which members of Congress have appeared in Jeffrey Epstein's flight logs or contact lists?
Executive summary
The public releases of documents tied to Jeffrey Epstein’s investigations include flight logs, a redacted contact book and other records that name many prominent people, but among the reporting provided here only one current member of Congress is specifically identified by name in those files: Representative Stacey Plaskett (D–Virgin Islands) [1] [2]. The broader trove lists numerous politicians and public figures, but the sources supplied do not present an exhaustive, verified roster of sitting members of Congress appearing in flight logs or the contact book [3] [4] [5].
1. What the files show — a mass of names, not verdicts
The Department of Justice’s released “Epstein files” comprise millions of pages of documents that include contact lists, flight logs and correspondence naming a wide range of public figures — politicians, business leaders, celebrities and royals — and those inclusions have prompted intense public scrutiny [3] [4] [5]. Reporting in the supplied sources repeatedly emphasizes that presence in the files is not proof of criminal conduct, and journalists and outlets have cautioned readers against equating a name on a page with guilt [6].
2. Members of Congress explicitly discussed in the supplied reporting
Among the articles provided, Representative Stacey Plaskett is the only sitting member of Congress explicitly tied to Epstein’s materials: the Hindustan Times and the Congressional Record note Plaskett’s communications and the political fallout over texts and redactions related to Capitol Hill questioning, and the Congressional Record cites statements accusing Representative Plaskett of texting with Jeffrey Epstein during hearings [1] [2]. Those sources report the fact of texts or references in the files; they do not in themselves adjudicate intent or illegal conduct [2].
3. High-profile names that are not current members of Congress but appear frequently
Several high-profile political figures appear elsewhere in the documents according to the provided sources, including former President Bill Clinton and former President Donald Trump, both of whom are discussed in the files and by reporting — Clinton in flight logs reported in multiple outlets, and Trump appearing in flight logs according to some reporting — but neither is a sitting member of Congress [7] [8]. The sources also list other prominent non-congressional figures — foreign leaders, royals and business magnates — who show up repeatedly in the trove [4] [5].
4. Limits of available reporting and why definitive lists are hard to produce
The supplied reporting shows the DOJ release contains many thousands of pages and that media outlets have pulled out notable names, but none of the supplied pieces provides a complete, verified list of all sitting members of Congress appearing in flight logs or the contact book; instead, coverage focuses on widely known figures and specific political flashpoints [3] [4] [5]. Given the scale of the release and the redactions some outlets describe, any authoritative count of members of Congress in those records requires a systematic, source-by-source review of the DOJ dump that goes beyond the excerpts provided here [3].
5. Competing narratives, political stakes and the risk of misinterpretation
Several sources note that the political reaction to the files has been intense: members of Congress pushed for the releases, and the documents have been weaponized by rival camps to press for further investigation or to defend allies [3] [2]. Reporting on the files has at times been uneven — with allegations, denials and calls for testimony — and the records themselves contain hearsay and unverified entries that officials and journalists caution should not be treated as proven facts [3] [4]. Readers should therefore distinguish between “appears in a document” and “proven involvement,” a distinction emphasized in the coverage [6].
6. Bottom line
Based on the supplied reporting, Representative Stacey Plaskett is explicitly named in connection with Epstein-related texts or references in the released materials, while other widely reported names in the trove — including former presidents and public figures — are not members of Congress; the sources provided do not offer a complete, verified list of sitting members of Congress that appear in the flight logs or contact book, and producing one would require a comprehensive review of the DOJ release beyond these excerpts [1] [2] [3].