John F Wood

Before joining the January 6th committee, Wood worked as general counsel for the U.S. Chamber of Commerce. He was recruited as an investigator by Rep Liz Cheney. A political action committee controlled by former U.S. Sen. John Danforth plans to spend up to $20 million to support an Wood's bid for the Senate this November. The Missouri Stands United PAC, in a news release, said it was spending $3 million on direct mail, radio, TV and digital advertising through July 17, with more ad spending on deck. To make the Nov. 8 2022 ballot, Wood must turn in 10,000 signatures to the Missouri secretary of state’s office by Aug. 1 2022. Wood’s previous experience spans all three branches of government. He served as U.S. attorney for the Western District of Missouri; chief of staff at the U.S. Department of Homeland Security; deputy associate attorney general and counselor to the attorney general at the U.S. Department of Justice; and deputy general counsel in the White House Office of Management and Budget. Wood was a law clerk at the Supreme Court of the United States for Justice Clarence Thomas and at the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit for Judge J. Michael Luttig. He also was an aide to U.S. Sen. John C. Danforth of Missouri. He received his undergraduate degree from the University of Virginia and his law degree from Harvard, where he served as articles chair for the Harvard Law Review.