Joseph E Schmitz

Former Blackwater exec, Pentagon IG; Trump foriegn policy advisor

Joseph Edward Schmitz is the son of the late John G. Schmitz, former California State Senator, Member of the U.S. House of Representatives, and U.S. Presidential candidate (1972). Special assistant to Attorney General Ed Meese in 1987. Inspector General at the Pentagon Mar-2002 to Sep-2005. Left to take an executive job at Blackwater. High School: Georgetown Preparatory School (1974) University: US Naval Academy (1978) Law School: JD, Stanford University (1986) Professor: Georgetown University author of The Inspector General Handbook: Fraud, Waste, Abuse, and Other Constitutional ‘Enemies, Foreign and Domestic’ (Center for Security Policy Press, Washington, DC, 2013).

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Business Positions

PACEM Solutions International

• chief legal officer

ACADEMI private military company (a Constellis company), formerly Xe, Blackwater

• Position

Board Memberships

Youth Leadership Foundation Washington DC based youth charity

• Board Member

Positions

Center for Security Policy Conspiracy-oriented mouthpiece for the Anti-Muslim far-right

• senior fellow

US English American Organization Attempting to Make English the Official Language of the United States

• Advisory Board Member

Government Positions

US Department of Defense

• inspector general ('02→'05)

Federal Election Campaign Contributions

Principles Exalt a Nation Political Action Committee Mike Pence's political action committee

• 1 contribution · 1,000 USD ('06)

Mitt Romney U.S. senator from Utah, former Massachusetts governor

• 2 contributions · 1,000 USD ('12)

Rick Santorum former US Representative and Senator from Pennsylvania

• 1 contribution · 1,000 USD ('06)

Keith S Fimian Chairman and CEO of U.S. Inspect, LLC

• 1 contribution · 500 USD ('07)

Orrin Hatch Late Former US Senator from Utah (1977-2019)

• 1 contribution · 500 USD ('99)

John McCain US Senator and Representative from Arizona

• 1 contribution · 500 USD ('07)

David McIntosh Club for Growth president, former US Representative from Indiana

• 1 contribution · 300 USD ('94)

Memberships

Opus Dei A lay institution of the Roman Catholic Church

• Member

American Association of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta

• Knight

Federalist Society An organization of conservatives and libertarians seeking reform of the current American legal system in accordance with a textualist or originalist interpretation of the U.S. Constitution.

• Member

Family

Mary Kay Letourneau Teacher, sex offender

• sister

John George Schmitz Republican member of the US House of Representatives and California State Senate from Orange County, California; member of the John Birch Society

• father

John P Schmitz Former lobbyist at Mayer, Brown, with special focus on Enron and US chamber of Commerce; former deputy counsel to President George H.W. Bush

• brother

Schools

Stanford School of Law

• School

United States Naval Academy

• BS (?→'78)