President Donald Trump‘s name was found in the flight logs of Jeffrey Epstein. The documents were released by his own attorney general on Thursday, February 27.

An examination of the logs by PEOPLE revealed Trump’s name appeared seven times. He was first mentioned on page 24 of the initial log, dated October 11, 1993. He was also referenced twice on page 27, alongside his then-wife Marla Maples, their daughter Tiffany Trump, and a nanny on May 15, 1994. On all three occasions, “JE” (Jeff Epstein) was also listed as a passenger on the same flights as Trump.

Epstein’s Files Released

This release of documents occurred just a day after Attorney General Pam Bondi announced it on Fox News. “The first phase of files released today sheds light on Epstein’s extensive network and begins to provide the public with long overdue accountability,” Bondi said in a statement. The first set of documents released included flight logs, an evidence list, some redacted pages from a contact book, and a list of masseuses. Many of these documents had already been shared in court cases. Someone’s name appearing in the flight logs does not imply any wrongdoing. Most of the people listed were presumably on Epstein’s plane for valid business, political, or social reasons.

In a letter to FBI Director Kash Patel, Bondi stated that she only received around 200 pages of documents. On Wednesday, she discovered “from a source” that the FBI Field Office in New York had “thousands of pages of documents related to the investigation and indictment of Epstein.” Bondi requested that the FBI provide the remaining documents by 8 a.m. on Friday, February 28. 

Epstein died in 2019 by suicide in a New York City jail while facing charges of sex trafficking. A federal indictment accused Epstein of trafficking girls as young as 14 years old. He was facing a potential 45-year prison sentence.

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