[2] In 2006, Schmidt again shared the Pulitzer Prize for investigative reporting with James V. Grimaldi and R. Jeffrey Smith for their probe into, and exposure of lobbyist Jack Abramoff's corrupt activities.
Her articles triggered prosecutions by the Justice Department that put the lobbyist and other congressional staff members and U.S. officials in federal prison.
[4] In April 2009 she and Glenn Simpson left SNS Global and formed Fusion GPS to work for private clients.
[5] Schmidt and her Washington Post co-author Vernon Loeb, along with Baltimore Sun columnist Gary Dorsey, wrote the first stories about the rescue of United States Army Private Jessica Lynch in 2003.
Susan Schmidt and Michael Weisskopf, Harper (2000) Deadlock: The Inside Story of America's Closest Election.