Which specific Epstein flight logs and dates list Bill Clinton or his known staff as passengers?
Executive summary
Jeffrey Epstein’s pilot logs and the larger “Epstein files” record Bill Clinton as a passenger on multiple Epstein flights mostly concentrated between 2001 and 2003; media analyses and court exhibits count those appearances in the mid‑20s (commonly reported as 16–27 flight segments depending on how trips are counted) while specific, individually reported dates in public reporting include Feb. 9, 2002; May 20, 2002; Sept. 15, 2002; and Nov. 4, 2003 [1] [2] [3] [4].
1. Flight‑log evidence: what the official exhibits show
Federal exhibits introduced in USA v. Ghislaine Maxwell include pilot flight logs that list passenger names, dates and legs of Epstein’s aircraft, and those logs—made publicly accessible through the Epstein Archive—contain entries naming Bill Clinton on multiple legs of flights spanning the late 1990s into the early 2000s; researchers and outlets relying on that exhibit material have counted Clinton on dozens of flight segments recorded in the logs [5] [1].
2. Published counts and how they differ
Different reputable outlets report different tallies because the log entries can be counted as individual flight segments or grouped into multi‑stop trips: conservative, documented counts in major fact‑checks and reporting put Clinton’s name on roughly 16–26 flight legs during a concentrated period from 2001–2003, with some outlets citing “at least 26” or noting 26–27 segments when each takeoff/landing is tallied separately [6] [2] [7] [1].
3. Specific dates that appear repeatedly in reporting
While the archival logs list many individual entries, several dates have been flagged repeatedly in reporting: Feb. 9, 2002 is cited as the start of one documented series of flights, May 20, 2002 is cited in reporting as a May 2002 flight from Siberia to a U.S. naval base in Japan that lists Clinton, Sept. 15, 2002 is named in flight‑list reporting as a Virgin Islands‑to‑Palm Beach flight that included Clinton, and Nov. 4, 2003 is cited as the end point of the multi‑trip window most commonly reported by fact‑checkers [2] [3] [4].
4. Staff and Secret Service presence recorded in the files
Reporting based on the files stresses that many of the log entries involving Clinton also list staffers and Secret Service detail traveling with him, and Clinton’s representatives have long said most people in photos and logs were Secret Service or staff on official or foundation‑related travel—an assertion that media outlets note alongside the raw log entries rather than the logs themselves proving intent or misconduct [8] [1] [9].
5. Context offered by outlets and by Clinton’s team
News organizations place the logged flights in the context of Clinton Foundation trips, global health work and speaking engagements in the early 2000s, noting that pilots’ shorthand in remarks columns and the way trips are tallied can create different counts; Clinton’s team has consistently said he did not visit Epstein’s private island and that many flights included official protections and aides [1] [10] [9].
6. Limits of public reporting and where to find the raw entries
The most authoritative primary source for exact dates and passenger notations is the pilot logs and exhibits in the Maxwell/DOJ record, which are available through the Epstein Archive’s flight‑log collection; public reporting samples and fact‑checks cite those exhibits but do not always reproduce every line, so any definitive, line‑by‑line list must come from consulting the archive documents themselves rather than second‑hand counts [5] [2].
7. Bottom line and caveats
Bottom line: multiple reputable sources that examined the unsealed flight logs show Bill Clinton named on numerous Epstein flight legs—commonly tallied between about 16 and 27 individual segments, concentrated between 2001 and 2003—with repeatedly cited specific dates including Feb. 9, 2002; May 20, 2002; Sept. 15, 2002; and Nov. 4, 2003; however, the precise universe of dates and passenger rosters is best verified by consulting the flight‑log exhibit pages in the Epstein Archive because media tallies differ depending on counting method and interpretation [1] [2] [3] [4] [5].