Donald Trump is using Jeffrey Epstein’s old jet to fly to campaign events

Donald Trump has been traveling to campaign events on a jet that was previously owned by convicted pedophile Jeffrey Epstein.

The former president’s usual mode of transport, a Boeing 757 jet nicknamed ‘Trump Force One,’ was temporarily grounded on Friday following what was described by the Secret Service as a “mechanical issue” that forced him to land in Billings, Montana.

After appearing at a campaign rally in Bozeman, Montana, Trump chartered a smaller Gulfstream that was once owned by Epstein, the disgraced financier who was found dead in his New York prison cell in 2019 while awaiting trial for sex trafficking. He used that 16-passenger jet to fly from Montana to private fundraisers in Jackson, Wyoming, andAspen, Colorado.

Pictures showed the Gulfstream G550 jet, which is now owned and operated by Threshold Aviation Group, landing in Aspen decorated with the Trump 2024 campaign logo and an American flag. Threshold Aviation Group did not respond to a request for comment.

Aircraft registration records show the Gulfstream jet’s serial number matches one registered to the same size and model of jet previously registered to Epstein’s company Plan D LLC, but with an amended tail number.

A spokesperson for the Federal Aviation Administration told The Independent: “The serial number remains the same because it’s a unique identifier the manufacturer issues and it stays with the aircraft throughout its life.”

The Trump campaign said in a statement given to the Miami Herald that it had “no awareness that the charter plane had been owned by Mr. Epstein. We heard about the former owner through the media.”

The Gulfstream was the last jet Epstein ever flew on. He was arrested on federal sex trafficking charges when he landed at