Person
Mark T. Esper
Documented positions
- Mark T. Esper: Raytheon Company position (title not read in a primary document; resigned upon confirmation per ethics agreement of 26 Jul 2017), Raytheon (Raytheon Company, Raytheon Technologies, RTX) (earlier – 2017); Nominee for Secretary of the Army (ethics agreement 26 Jul 2017); later Secretary of the Army and Secretary of Defense, U.S. Department of Defense (2017 – present)
Findings that rest on exhibits naming this entity
- DEF-4.7: Seven officials are documented moving between Defense Department posts and the boards or payrolls of defense contractors in dated steps from 2009 to 2021, under the Obama, Trump and Biden administrations. Five of them (Lynn, Shanahan, Esper, Mattis and Austin) came to senior Pentagon posts from contractor roles, and four (Work, Pawlikowski, Mattis and Austin) took contractor board seats after leaving DoD posts or the armed services.
- DEF-4.8: Four officials who came to the Pentagon from contractor roles stated their recusal terms in their own agreements: Shanahan (Boeing), for the duration of his service; Esper (Raytheon), one year, with a continuing limit tied to his deferred compensation; Mattis (General Dynamics), one year; and Austin (Raytheon Technologies), four years. The DoD Inspector General investigated 2019 allegations that Shanahan promoted Boeing and did not substantiate any of them.
Exhibits naming this entity
- Exhibit 359 16 July 2019. Senator Elizabeth Warren (posted transcript of Senate Armed Services Committee hearing): Transcript: Warren questions Defense Secretary nominee Mark Esper on Raytheon recusal (SASC, 16 July 2019)
- Exhibit 360 26 July 2017. Mark T. Esper to DoD Alternate Designated Agency Ethics Official; posted by U.S. Office of Government Ethics: Ethics agreement of Mark T. Esper, nominee for Secretary of the Army