(NewsNation) – Show newly obtained records extensive travel and passport applications from financier Jeffrey Epstein, the disgraced businessman with a notorious past.

Over 50 pages of Epstein’s passport files were secured ABC News through a public records request to the U.S. State Department ranging from the early 1980s to 2019.

The documents show that Epstein is trying to maintain flexibility for international travel, citing security and business reasons. State Department guidelines allowed certain frequent travelers to carry a second passport to address concerns about conflicting visa stamps.

At the height of his fame, Epstein’s private jet, the Lolita Express, often flew Epstein and his VIP friends with a bevy of underage girls to keep them company in dirty and illegal ways.

Now the plane, grounded since 2016, sits rotting, rusting and partially dismantled on a tarmac on the Georgia coast and is slated for scrap.

Epstein’s multiple passes:

In a June 2011 letter, Epstein urged a second U.S. passport, citing frequent international travel with multiple destinations and the need for concurrent visas. Epstein posed as the president of an international financial advisory firm that planned business trips to France, Sierra Leone, Mali and Gabon.

According to ABC News, this request came three years after Epstein’s guilty plea in Florida for soliciting an underage girl, which led to his lifetime registration as a sex offender.

Epstein’s passport records reveal a pattern of reporting lost or stolen passports with destinations ranging from Europe to the Middle East. The first application dates back to April 1983 and was to replace a lost passport before a trip to London. In the mid-1980s, Epstein reported two more cases of lost or stolen passports, one left in a London taxi and another stolen while eating at a restaurant.

His 1993 passport application showed a grizzled Epstein with improved financial circumstances and an address on East 69th in New York City. According to ABC News, the records also show Epstein’s ties to Ehud Barak, Israel’s former prime minister, and instances in which he applied for a second passport to avoid conflicting visa stamps when traveling to Israel and certain Arab states.

Epstein’s international travels:

Epstein’s travel records reveal his trips to Africa and the Middle East and raise questions about the nature of those visits. The documents obtained by ABC News reveal Epstein’s ties to Israel and certain Arab states, including Jordan and Saudi Arabia. Notably, his request for a second passport was often motivated by a desire to avoid conflicting visa stamps while traveling.

The financier, who had ties to influential figures like Barak, was under too much scrutiny because of his alleged connections Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman. According to ABC News, he continued his international travel, which has been extensively documented, despite his status as a registered sex offender.

The arrest

It was only with the passage of “International Megan’s Law” in 2016 that the government was able to confiscate the passports of sex offenders. Epstein’s 2016 passport, which was valid for ten years, was confiscated, as was a second passport valid until 2020. His final passport, issued in March 2019, is documented in State Department files.

The records also show that the United States Marshals Service investigated Epstein’s international travel and suspected he may not have reported all travel. Epstein’s arrest in July 2019 at Teterboro Airport in New Jersey marked the beginning of federal charges of conspiracy and child trafficking.

While searching Epstein’s home in New York, FBI agents discovered a safe containing 48 loose diamonds and $70,000 in cash, as well as three U.S. passports and an Austrian passport with Epstein’s photo but a different name and an address in Saudi Arabia.

Epstein’s defense attorneys claimed the foreign passport was given to him for personal protection while traveling in the Middle East in the 1980s. That, coupled with his history of international travel, led a judge to deny bail, citing Epstein as a flight risk. Three weeks later, Epstein was found dead in his prison cell. decided to commit suicide by hanging. After Epstein’s death, the Marshals Service’s investigation into his trip was closed.

NewsNation’s Tyler Wornell contributed to this report.