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Do Jeffrey Epstein's flight logs list Bill Clinton as a passenger to Little St. James and under what names?
Executive summary
Available public records and reporting show Bill Clinton appears repeatedly in Jeffrey Epstein’s flight logs from 2001–2003 — often listed as a passenger on international flights linked to Clinton Foundation work — but those logs, as published and reported, do not record Clinton on any Virgin Islands–bound flights to Little Saint James, and Epstein himself wrote in emails that “Clinton was NEVER EVER there” (reports of 17–26 flights vary by outlet) [1] [2] [3].
1. What the flight logs actually show — frequent passenger, not island visitor
Multiple media outlets and the documents released by the Department of Justice show Bill Clinton’s name in Epstein’s plane logs across trips in 2001–2003; reporting counts vary (News outlets report at least 17 flights, others say up to 26), and many entries note Clinton was traveling with aides such as Doug Band and often with Secret Service present — but the flight logs that have been published contain no record of Clinton on flights bound for the U.S. Virgin Islands or Little Saint James [1] [4] [2].
2. Names used in the logs and why ambiguity matters
The logs are handwritten and inconsistent: passengers are sometimes listed by first name, surname, initials, or nicknames, and aides (for example “Doug Bands”) appear on many Clinton-linked hops, so matching an entry to Bill Clinton requires cross-referencing dates, destinations and corroborating notes; sources note Clinton appears in flight logs but do not document him on Virgin Islands–bound legs [5] [6] [7].
3. Disputed counts and differing tallies in reporting
Different news organizations and analyses give different totals (17, 26, or other counts) for Clinton’s trips on Epstein aircraft because some journalists count individual flights, some count multi-leg trips, and some flights include multiple stops; BBC, Palm Beach Post and others summarize these tallies while emphasizing the logs do not show Clinton flying to Epstein’s island [8] [1] [4].
4. Clinton’s denials and Epstein’s own emails
Bill Clinton and his representatives have consistently denied that he ever visited Little Saint James; recent document releases include emails from Epstein claiming Clinton “was NEVER EVER there,” which bolster the position that Clinton did not go to the island — though Epstein’s self-serving denials in private correspondence are not definitive proof on their own [9] [3] [10].
5. Where allegations come from — witnesses, lawsuits, and memory conflicts
Some allegations that Clinton visited the island come from litigation filings and witness statements (for example Virginia Giuffre's mentions in court records) and from interviews with former aides that sometimes conflict with the public paper trail; reporting stresses that mentions of Clinton in court documents and unsealed records are not the same as documentary proof that he set foot on Little Saint James [11] [12] [13].
6. Recent document dumps and political context
Since 2019, intermittent releases of Epstein-related documents (flight logs, contact books, emails) have been politicized; congressional probes and partisan messaging have amplified claims and counterclaims. Fact-checking outlets and news organizations urge caution: presence on flight logs is evidence of flights with Epstein but is not, by itself, proof of visits to a particular property — and authorities’ released logs show no Virgin Islands–bound Clinton entries [2] [14] [8].
7. What is not established in available reporting
Available sources do not mention any published flight-log entry that lists Bill Clinton as a passenger on a plane specifically destined for Little Saint James or any Virgin Islands hop; they also do not provide a definitive single list of alternate names used for Clinton across all log pages beyond the general observation that names are sometimes abbreviated or recorded inconsistently [2] [6] [5].
8. How to interpret these documents responsibly
Journalistic and legal caution is required: flight logs reliably show Clinton traveled on Epstein aircraft for foundation and public-purpose travel in the early 2000s, but the absence of Virgin Islands entries in published logs undermines claims that those flight logs prove Clinton visited Little Saint James. At the same time, witnesses and litigants have made contrary statements; the dispute involves memory, partial records, and politically charged interpretation [4] [11] [3].
If you want, I can pull together the specific published flight-log entries (dates and manifest lines) that outlets have flagged as tied to Clinton, with the caveats noted above about leg-by-leg counting and ambiguous name entries; tell me whether you want a concise timeline of the 2001–2003 flights cited in reporting or full page-level citations from the released logs.