Joseph E. Schmitz

Joseph E. Schmitz serves as Distinguished Constitutional Fellow for “The Oversight Project: It’s Your Government.” During the 2016 presidential campaign, he served as foreign policy and national security advisor to Donald Trump. Mr. Schmitz served as Inspector General of the Department of Defense from 2002–2005, and now serves as Chief Legal Officer of Pacem Solutions International. He graduated with distinction from the U.S. Naval Academy, earned his J.D. degree from Stanford Law School, and is author of, “The Inspector General Handbook: Fraud, Waste, Abuse, and Other Constitutional ‘Enemies, Foreign and Domestic’” (2013).