Which specific dates and routes list Donald Trump in the Epstein flight logs released by the DOJ?
Executive summary
The DOJ’s released Epstein flight logs and an accompanying prosecutor email show Donald Trump listed as a passenger on multiple Epstein flights in the mid‑1990s, but the documents made public so far include only a small number of clearly readable, dated route entries; the most specific published entry names Trump (and his son Eric) on a flight from Palm Beach International (PBI) to Teterboro, New Jersey (TEB) on 13 August 1995 [1]. Overall reporting and the DOJ email point to at least eight flights between roughly 1993 and 1996, with most route details redacted or ambiguous in the publicly released material [2] [3].
1. What the DOJ materials concretely state
A January 7, 2020 prosecutor email included in the DOJ release explicitly told colleagues that “Donald Trump traveled on Epstein’s private jet many more times than previously has been reported,” and attached flight records the writer had reviewed [3]. Multiple mainstream outlets that inspected the same DOJ tranche report that the email and flight logs show Trump listed as a passenger on at least eight separate flights in the 1990s, with the span commonly reported as 1993–1996 [2] [4] [5].
2. The single clearly dated route in the public record
Among the handful of readable entries singled out by several outlets, one flight entry dated 13 August 1995 lists PBI (Palm Beach International Airport) to TEB (Teterboro Airport, New Jersey) and names Donald Trump and his son Eric as passengers — a specific date and route that appears in the DOJ screenshots published by the BBC and echoed in coverage [1]. That is the most precise date‑and‑route combination publicly cited across the reporting available in this dataset [1].
3. Other route patterns reported by news organizations
Reporting based on the logs and related DOJ material describes Trump’s flights as primarily domestic in the 1990s, frequently between Palm Beach, New Jersey and Washington, D.C., and notes that some trips involved other prominent passengers such as Ghislaine Maxwell and, in at least one 1993 entry, only Epstein and Trump are listed [6] [5]. Several outlets also say at least four of the trips included Maxwell among the passengers, and one flight record lists Epstein, Trump and a 20‑year‑old whose name is redacted [2] [5].
4. What the records do not give — and why it matters
The DOJ files released include many handwritten and heavily redacted pages; news organizations report that many entries are difficult to read or omit identifying details, and that the prosecutor’s email did not itself reproduce full flight manifests or dates for all eight flights it cited [3] [2]. That means the public record assembled so far contains at least one concrete dated route (13 Aug 1995 PBI→TEB) and broader date ranges and route patterns, but not a complete, unredacted list of every date and itinerary in which Trump is named [1] [3].
5. How outlets differ in emphasis and what to watch for
Some coverage highlights the number of mentions and contextual details — for example, that family members such as Marla Maples, Eric and Tiffany appear in some logged trips — while other reporting stresses the DOJ’s note that appearance on a flight log is not evidence of criminality and that the department said it found no credible evidence to implicate Trump warranting prosecution in its internal review [4] [7]. Readers should note media outlets vary between naming specific legible entries and summarizing the prosecutor’s broader claim about “many more times” [3] [2].
6. What the records allege — and what they do not
The documents and press reporting show names, dates and routes in a travel log; they do not in themselves allege crimes by those listed, and the DOJ statement cited by outlets emphasizes release with victim protections and that appearance on a log is not a finding of wrongdoing [3] [7]. At least one allegation file among the larger Epstein releases briefly surfaced and was removed or redacted in some instances, which has led outlets to caution about unverified complaints within the overall tranche [8] [9].
7. Bottom line
The precise, dated routes publicly attributable to Donald Trump in the DOJ‑released Epstein flight logs are limited in the available coverage to a small number of readable entries — most notably 13 August 1995, PBI → TEB listing Donald Trump and Eric Trump — while the prosecutor’s email frames a larger set of roughly eight flights between about 1993 and 1996 with many details redacted or unclear in the released pages [1] [3] [2]. Absent fuller unredacted manifests in the public release, reporting must rely on the dated entries and the prosecutor’s summary rather than a complete, itemized list.