Republican political strategist and former Senior Advisor and Deputy Chief of Staff to President George W. Bush, widely credited as the architect of Bush's 2000 and 2004 presidential campaigns. Rove later became a Fox News contributor and political commentator.
His name appears on the DOJ's 305-name list of government officials and politically exposed persons identified in the Epstein files, transmitted to Congress by Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche in February 2026. The list covers individuals named at least once anywhere in the 3.5 million pages of released documents, without specifying context or degree of connection. Rove's inclusion most likely reflects his prominence in political news clippings and third-party correspondence found within the seized materials.
No reporting has established a direct personal or financial relationship between Rove and Epstein.