"32 Plane Trips": The Clinton-Epstein Connection in Black and White
Internal emails show Epstein's team tracking and discussing the former president's extensive flight history on the "Lolita Express."
For years, the question has been: how many times did Bill Clinton fly on Jeffrey Epstein's private plane? Flight logs have suggested the number was far higher than Clinton's team acknowledged. Now, the DOJ files show Epstein's own people were tracking it.
A July 2020 email chain—released as part of the DOJ document dump—shows someone named Andy Kay forwarding information to Epstein's team with a stark subject line: "RE Bill Clinton."
"I know the former President Bill Clinton made 32 plane trips to Jeffrey Epstein..."
— Email forwarded to Epstein's team, July 2, 2020
From: Andy Kay <[email protected]>
Date: July 2, 2020 at 9:23:08 PM EDT
Subject: RE Bill Clinton
I know the former President Bill Clinton made 32 plane trips to Jeffrey Epstein...
The Numbers Don't Lie
Clinton's team has long maintained he took only a handful of flights—for charitable work, with Secret Service protection. But 32 trips? That's not occasional travel. That's a regular commute.
The email was part of what appears to be a standard practice of tracking media mentions and information about high-profile associates. The phrase "Passing on the below, per our practice" suggests this was routine.
What We Know
Flight logs previously released show Clinton flew on Epstein's Boeing 727—nicknamed the "Lolita Express"—at least 26 times between 2001 and 2003. Some trips included stops in Africa, Europe, and Asia for Clinton Foundation work. Others... less clear.
When Epstein was deposed in 2016, he invoked the Fifth Amendment on every question about Clinton. Every. Single. One.
Clinton has denied ever visiting Epstein's island. But the DOJ files—with 1,264 documents mentioning "Bill Clinton"—suggest there's much more to this story.