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John Phelan

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Event attendee

Co-founder of MSD Partners/MSD Capital (Michael Dell's investment firm). Appointed U.S. Secretary of the Navy by President Trump (2025). CNN reported he appears on at least two transatlantic Jeffrey Epstein flight manifests alongside Jean-Luc Brunel, a French model scout charged with trafficking-related offenses who died in jail in 2022. Phelan hosted a major Trump fundraiser at his Aspen mansion in August 2024, which Trump flew to on an aircraft previously used by Jeffrey Epstein. The Navy has offered no comment on his Jeffrey Epstein ties. His name does not appear in the externally tabulated pilot flight log dataset (289 passengers, 5,001 records); CNN's reporting references separate flight manifests.

Key Findings

  • (CNN, Mar 2025): Listed on at least two transatlantic Jeffrey Epstein flight manifests. Co-passenger with Jean-Luc Brunel. Six other names on the same manifest were redacted. Flight log page shown by CNN, Phelan listed as passenger #9.
  • (News, Aug 2024): Hosted Trump fundraiser at $38M Aspen mansion. Trump flew to the event on an aircraft previously used by Jeffrey Epstein.
  • Named on a JEGE, Inc. passenger manifest flying with Jeffrey Epstein from London (Luton) to New York on 3 March 2006 (N908JE, trip 364), alongside Jean-Luc Brunel, Jimmy Cayne, Theodore Serure, Craig Overlander, Brian Higgins. Six further passengers were redacted in the estate production. Source: HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_007243.

Flights #

2documented flights
2with Jeffrey Epstein aboard
2distinct routes
2006-02-27 to 2006-03-03date range
2/2confirmed, 2+ sources

Hover an airport or a route for its name, the number of flights and the first few dates.

06

Most-flown routes

  • JFK → LTNNew York → Luton, Luton1
  • LTN → JFKLuton, Luton → New York1

Frequent co-passengers

Aircraft

B-727-31H (2)

Source: flight-log database (private aircraft, 1995–2015), cross-referenced against the unified flight index. Protected victims appear as REDACTED so counts stay correct without identifying anyone.

Network Graph #

Edge weights come from people_network.json, which holds the connection lists for every person on this site.

Flew With #

All 4 co-passengers who have a page here.

Most Connected With #

Paul Morris (16)Tazia Smith (14)Jeffrey Epstein (11)Leon Black (5)

YouTube Coverage (1) #

YouTube The Rachel Maddow Show - Feb. 9 | Audio Only MSNBC: 7 mentions

Documents (56) #

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