Fact Check: Did trump go to Epstein island
“Did trump go to Epstein island”
Summary
Trump was recorded as a passenger on Epstein’s private jet multiple times in the 1990s, but there is no documented proof that he ever set foot on Epstein’s private island in the U.S. Virgin Islands. Fact‑checking organizations and major news outlets have found no evidence supporting the claim.
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- Trump flew on Epstein jet eight times in the '90s, according to prosecutor email | Reuters
WASHINGTON, Dec 23 (Reuters) - ... unidentified prosecutor wrote that flight records showed Trump had flown on Epstein's private jet eight times during the 1990s....
- Epstein files reveal close ties to Trump's influential inner circle | PBS News
The latest tranche of files reveal new details about the extent to which key members of President Donald Trump’s inner circle were interacting with Jeffrey Epstein for years after he was initially arrested and convicted.
- Latest Epstein document release includes multiple Trump mentions | PBS News
6, 2020, showed that Trump was on Epstein's jet "many more times than previously has been reported (or that we were aware)." The prosecutor who flagged the Trump mentions in the flight logs said they did so because lawyers "didn't want any of ...
- Trump travelled on Epstein's plane more than previously thought, newly released prosecutor's email says
US President Donald Trump was listed as a passenger on the private jet of late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein eight times between 1993 and 1996, a new email released by the US Department of Justice (DOJ) says.
- What we know about the Epstein files that the US is poised to release
Previously released files show that Trump's details were in Epstein's "black book" of contacts. Flight logs also showed Trump flying on Epstein's plane on several occasions.
- Analysis: What the Trump team claimed vs. what the Epstein files show | CNN Politics
A newly discovered document in the Jeffrey Epstein files undermines one of President Donald Trump’s central claims about the matter — specifically, his supposed lack of knowledge of Epstein’s misconduct.
- Epstein files contain explicit but unsubstantiated claim that Trump abused minor | Donald Trump | The Guardian
Three memos that describe four ... but unsubstantiated claims that Donald Trump sexually abused a woman when she was a minor in the early 1980s with the assistance of Jeffrey Epstein, according to a Guardian review of those ...
- President-elect Donald Trump and Jeffrey Epstein had a well-documented connection in the 1990s, but we did not find evidence Trump visited Epstein’s private island in the U.S. Virgin Islands, as social media posts claimed.
But there has been no documented evidence that Trump visited Epstein’s private island, Little St. James in the Virgin Islands, where Epstein allegedly sexually abused underage girls. When federal agents charged Epstein with sex trafficking of minors in 2019, Trump, then president, said he was “not a fan” of Epstein. Trump has said he did not visit Epstein’s private island.
- Did new files show Trump visited Epstein's island 345 times? Here's the truth | Snopes.com
... Other users shared the same meme (archived) or rumor (archived) on Facebook (archived), Reddit (archived), Threads (archived) and X (archived). In short, this rumor was false. Searches suggested the fabricated claim likely originated from ...
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