What specific flight logs in the Epstein files list Bill Clinton and who else was documented on those trips?
Executive summary
Flight logs and related documents unsealed from Jeffrey Epstein’s records show Bill Clinton appearing on Epstein’s private-jet manifests principally during 2002–2003 across a series of multi-leg international trips — often counted as four extended sojourns but recorded as roughly 17–27 individual flight legs depending on the outlet and counting method — and those manifests also list a who’s‑who of celebrities, political aides and Epstein associates including Ghislaine Maxwell, Kevin Spacey, Chris Tucker, Naomi Campbell and several prominent financiers and advisers [1] [2] [3] [4].
1. The basic tally and how it’s reported
Public reporting and the unsealed litigation files present two overlapping ways of counting Clinton’s presence: several outlets summarize that Clinton took four international trips on Epstein’s Boeing 727 in 2002–2003 — trips that made multiple stops — while others tally the discrete flight legs and report figures ranging from at least 11 or 17 documented legs up to counts of 26–27 flight segments found in earlier disclosures and media tabulations [1] [3] [4] [5].
2. Where the flights went and when they occurred
The manifest entries tie Clinton to flights in 2002 and 2003 with stops and destinations reported as including Bangkok, Brunei, Rwanda, Russia, China, and other international locations; specific coverage cites an episode in September 2002 to Africa and a May 20, 2002 routing that reportedly involved Siberia and a U.S. naval base in Japan, though reporting notes some entries are illegible or summarized differently across sources [6] [3] [2].
3. Who else the logs list on those same trips
Flight logs and pilot testimony list many of the same passengers on trips that included Clinton: Ghislaine Maxwell appears on the logs (often as “GM”) for the trips in question, and other documented passengers across Epstein’s jet manifests include Kevin Spacey, Chris Tucker, Naomi Campbell, Alan Dershowitz, Larry Summers and business figures like Ron Burkle; reporting also identifies Sarah Kellen linked on multiple entries and other high‑profile names appearing elsewhere in the broader set of Epstein flight records [6] [7] [5] [8].
4. Security details, staff and travel context
Contemporaneous accounts and Clinton’s team described many of these travels as Clinton Foundation or speaking‑tour related and note that trips typically included staff and Secret Service; however, some individual flight entries in the logs do not show Secret Service notation for every leg, a discrepancy highlighted in reporting and used by critics as a point of contention — reporting cautions that counting methods (number of trips vs. number of legs) and incomplete log entries complicate definitive conclusions [1] [9] [2].
5. What the logs do not show and reporting limits
Multiple sources emphasize that none of the published flight logs list Clinton as a passenger on a Virgin Islands–bound plane to Epstein’s Little Saint James island, and major outlets and fact‑checks have said there is no flight‑log evidence Clinton visited the island — a specific claim sometimes circulated online — while also noting other documents (photographs, emails) in the broader Epstein files show interactions and logistics contacts between Clinton’s team and Epstein associates [4] [10] [3].
6. Conflicting counts, motives and remaining questions
Discrepancies across outlets about whether the count is 4 trips, 11, 17, 26 or 27 flight legs reflect differences in how researchers aggregate multi‑stop itineraries and which subsets of logs were available at different times; politically charged coverage has amplified higher counts and island allegations even where the underlying flight manifests do not support them, while defenders underscore the presence of staff and official purposes for travel — the public record in the unsealed files therefore supports Clinton’s repeated appearances on Epstein’s manifests in 2002–03 and documents numerous co‑passengers, but parsing intent, context and completeness of the logs remains contested [1] [7] [4] [9].