Which specific Epstein documents reference flight logs with Trump and what do those logs say?
Executive summary
The publicly released Epstein files that reference flight logs include internal DOJ and prosecutor emails noting entries in Jeffrey Epstein’s aircraft passenger logs that list Donald J. Trump as a passenger multiple times in the 1990s, and at least one handwritten flight manifest that specifically lists Trump (and his son Eric) for a 13 August 1995 flight; the documents stop short of alleging criminal conduct and the Justice Department has warned some submitted material may be false or unverified [1] [2] [3]. Reporting centers on a January 2020 prosecutor email summarizing flight records that the office had received, plus older flight-log extracts and Epstein-era contact books already in circulation [4] [5] [6].
1. The specific document that flagged Trump in the flight logs: a Jan. 7, 2020 prosecutor email
Multiple outlets point to an internal email from a prosecutor dated Jan. 7, 2020, that told colleagues the flight records showed Trump “traveled on Epstein’s private jet many more times than previously has been reported,” listing him on at least eight flights in the early-to-mid 1990s and noting that some of those flights included people who later would have been relevant to the Maxwell case [4] [1] [2].
2. What that prosecutor email says the logs show — counts and notable passenger configurations
The prosecutor’s summary says Trump appears on at least eight flights between roughly 1993 and 1996 and describes specific passenger configurations: on one 1993 flight Trump and Epstein are the only two listed; on another flight the manifest lists Epstein, Trump and a woman later redacted as 20 years old; and on several flights Ghislaine Maxwell is shown as a passenger — details the email flags without drawing prosecutorial conclusions about those entries [4] [1] [7].
3. The handwritten flight record with a dated entry (Aug. 13, 1995) that names Trump and Eric Trump
Among the flight-related materials released or summarized, a handwritten flight log made public in the releases includes an entry for 13 August 1995 listing Donald Trump and his son Eric as passengers from Palm Beach International (PBI) to Teterboro (TEB); reporting emphasizes the item is a record of presence on a manifest, not proof of illegal activity [2].
4. Other documents and items that reference Trump and travel: address books, message books and previously public logs
Separately, versions of Epstein’s address book and previously circulated passenger logs have Trump’s name appearing multiple times (the address book lists phone numbers; passenger logs had Trump entries years earlier), and the new DOJ batches largely republished or reflagged those materials in more voluminous form [5] [6] [8].
5. Caveats and the Justice Department’s framing of the materials
The Justice Department and DOJ officials have cautioned that portions of the released trove include unverified or false submissions and that documents may contain “untrue and sensationalist claims,” and DOJ has emphasized the files do not themselves equate to charges or proven wrongdoing; some news outlets also reported the DOJ removed and re-posted materials to ensure victim privacy [3] [7] [9]. Reporters note that many of the flight logs are handwritten or hard to read and that being listed on a flight manifest is not, by itself, an allegation [2] [5].
6. Limits of the public record and what the logs do — and do not — prove
The released documents cited in reporting show passenger-name entries and prosecutors’ internal summaries about frequency and passenger composition, but they do not provide corroborating context about purpose of travel, duration, onboard activity, or corroborated witness statements linking any listed passenger to criminal acts; the public corpus also contains redactions, warnings from DOJ, and previously public versions of some logs, so conclusions beyond presence on manifests require evidence outside the released flight records themselves [1] [3] [5].