Scott Newton Schools is an American lawyer and the chief compliance officer of

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. Schools previously served as the chief ethics and compliance officer of Uber. Before joining Uber, Schools was the highest-ranking career civil servant at the

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, serving as

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. He has been characterized as “the most important unknown person in D.C.” It has been reported that Schools was a significant advisor to top political officials Sally Yates and

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, and made a significant recommendation to dismiss

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.Laura Jarrett
Top career official at Justice Department stepping down
CNN. 3 July 2018 Earlier in his career, Schools had served as U.S. Attorney for South Carolina and U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of California.Attorney General Jeff Sessions Announces Bradley Weinsheimer to Replace Departing Associate Deputy Attorney General Scott Schools
News release, Department of Justice Office of Public Affairs, 3 July 2018 In 2018, Schools was replaced by Bradley Weinsheimer, who now serves as DOJ's highest ranking career civil servant.

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