Robert F. Kennedy revealed during a televised interview on Tuesday that he had actually flown on Jeffrey Epstein’s personal jet two times– weeks after telling Newsweek that he had only taken one flight on the late investor’s airplane.
The independent 2024 presidential candidate was among a number of prominent individuals who in 2021 were named as passengers on Epstein’s jet, which was frequently used to transport visitors to the investor’s private Caribbean island, Little Saint James.
Epstein’s luxury Boeing 727 was derisively referred to as the “Lolita Express” by a number of media outlets following allegations that it was used to fly underage girls to some of the multi-millionaire’s properties.
Following Epstein’s death in prison in 2019, which was ruled a suicide, lists have been shared on social media claiming to show the public figures who had visited the island, which is located east of Puerto Rico in the U.S. Virgin Islands.
From left, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on November 20, 2023 in Las Vegas, Nevada, and Jeffrey Epstein on September 8, 2004 in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Kennedy stated in an interview that he had actually taken a trip on late investor Epstein’s personal jet two times, weeks after informing Newsweek that he had actually only flown on the airplane once. Ian Maule/Getty Images;/ Rick Friedman/Corbis via Getty Images
The Epstein scandal also continues to be a talking point in the run-up to the 2024 presidential election. In recent years, various prominent names have been added to the list of Epstein’s guests by social media users who have wrongly targeted celebrities and politicians as part of an apparent campaign to link them to Epstein’s criminal activities. There is no suggestion that those who did fly on the jet were involved in any illegal activity.
On Tuesday’s installment of Fox News’ Jesse Watters Primetimehost Jesse Watters stated that Senator Dick Durbin, an Illinois Democrat, is blocking the release of flight logs from Epstein’s jet. Several minutes after the discussion, Watters welcomed Kennedy onto his show to discuss unrelated matters.
What RFK Jr Told Fox News
As the topics changed during the interview, Watters asked Kennedy: “You weren’t ever on Jeffrey Epstein’s jet, were you?”
“I was on Jeffrey Epstein’s jet 2 times,” Kennedy responded. “I was on it in 1993 … I went to Florida with my spouse and 2 kids to visit my mom over Easter. My partner had some kind of relationship with [Epstein’s then-partner] Ghislaine Maxwell and they offered us a ride to Palm Beach.”
SIMPLY IN: Presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. says he has been on Jeffrey Epstein’s jet 2 times.
At this point we just need a list of people who * have not * been on Epstein’s jet.
“I was on Jeffrey Epstein’s jet 2 times. I was on it in 1993, and I was on it when I. pic.twitter.com/BpnVgkfKKt
— Collin Rugg (@CollinRugg) December 6, 2023
Kennedy added that “on another occasion I flew again with my family with,
