“I am thankful that the New York Army National Guard notified me of the attempt to illegally access my information and worked to protect me. While Payton sent his request to the New York Division of Military and Naval Affairs, Schmitt said in an interview that he’s seeking clarification about whether a separate attempt was made on the federal level or another possible separate channel to obtain National Guard records. The form also indicates that Payton had Schmitt’s social security number at the time of his request. Payton indicated on the form requesting Schmitt’s records that he sought them for benefits and employment purposes.
I will fight for the answers our service members deserve.” “It’s unacceptable that the Department of Defense continues to delay answering our Committee on the egregious mishandling of military personnel records. “I have asked the Secretary of Defense to provide our Committee with information on this reprehensible incident,” Rogers said in a statement. But the House Armed Services and Oversight Committees are jointly investigating the matter, and Armed Services Chair Mike Rogers (R-Ala.) vowed to keep pushing following the revelation about the attempt to access Schmitt’s records. The other six individuals affected by the Air Force records releases are not publicly known. Another member of the group of 11 affected by the Air Force’s unapproved disclosures, Kevin Dellicker, fell short in last year’s GOP primary race to challenge Rep. Steven Horsford (D-Nev.) in November, was notified of the improper release of his Air Force records. In addition to Bacon, Nunn and Green, POLITICO first reported that Sam Peters, who challenged Rep.
The DCCC did not respond to a request for comment. Payton, whom POLITICO attempted to reach at an email address connected to the firm, did not respond to a request for comment. It is unclear if Payton was behind all of the 11 Air Force requests, however Nunn has not publicly disclosed if Payton was the individual who sought his military personnel records, and Green has confirmed only that Due Diligence sought hers.ĭue Diligence did not respond to requests for comment. Payton, a former research director for the Democratic group American Bridge, sought Bacon’s personnel information, according to an official letter first reported by POLITICO. Frank Mrvan (D-Ind.) in a battleground district - found that the private records of 11 individuals were improperly disclosed to a third party.Īir Force spokesperson Ann Stefanek has said that “virtually all” of the 11 unapproved releases were made to the same third party “who represented himself as a background investigator seeking service records for employment purposes.” The Air Force said last month that an internal investigation it launched after POLITICO reported on former GOP candidate Jennifer-Ruth Green’s military records in October - when she was challenging Rep. “It appears that a coordinated campaign to target myself and other Congressional Republicans across the country who serve or have served our nation was for political gain,” Schmitt said in a statement, blaming the DCCC for “the illegal use of my social security number to attempt to gain access to my private military records.” The House Democratic campaign arm paid Due Diligence just over $110,00 between January 2021 and December 2022, according to Federal Election Commission records. And Schmitt is pointing a finger directly at the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee for the attempt to obtain his personnel data.
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