{"id":93357,"date":"2026-08-10T14:34:25","date_gmt":"2026-08-10T14:34:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/trump-taps-staff-secretary-will-scharf-to-be-next-white-house-counsel\/"},"modified":"2026-08-10T14:34:25","modified_gmt":"2026-08-10T14:34:25","slug":"trump-taps-staff-secretary-will-scharf-to-be-next-white-house-counsel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/trump-taps-staff-secretary-will-scharf-to-be-next-white-house-counsel\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump taps staff secretary Will Scharf to be next White House counsel"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"article-0\">\n  <!-- lil observer --><\/p>\n<section class=\"content__body\">\n<p><em>Washington<\/em> \u2014 President Trump says White House staff secretary Will Scharf, his aide who oversees his flow of information, paperwork and executive orders, will be the next White House counsel.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Scharf will replace current White House counsel, David Warrington, on Sept. 1, the president <a href=\"https:\/\/truthsocial.com\/@realDonaldTrump\/posts\/117067668006565228\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">announced<\/a> Sunday on Truth Social, as Warrington transitions to the private sector. Scharf&#8217;s most visible role in the White House is as the man who hands the president executive orders to sign and explains aloud what he is signing. He is also the chair of the National Capital Planning Commission, which is overseeing projects like the president&#8217;s triumphal arch.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Will is Tough, Strong, and Smart! He also loves our Country, and respects the Law,&#8221; the president wrote. &#8220;Will Scharf will do a great job as White House Counsel!&#8221;<\/p>\n<div class=\"embed__float-wrap\">\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-image is-image embed--float-none embed--size-medium\" data-ads=\"{\" extrawordcount=\"\">\n<p>      <span class=\"img embed__content \"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/08\/10\/962f69e9-2130-4715-bd06-880cf88326b3\/thumbnail\/620x413\/5d47f97117951d245823d9d67afacf1d\/ap26221856820082.jpg#\" alt=\"White House staff secretary Will Scharf hands President Trump an executive order to sign in the Oval Office of the White House on Sept. 5, 2025. \" height=\"413\" width=\"620\" class=\" lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/08\/10\/962f69e9-2130-4715-bd06-880cf88326b3\/thumbnail\/620x413\/5d47f97117951d245823d9d67afacf1d\/ap26221856820082.jpg 1x, https:\/\/assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/08\/10\/962f69e9-2130-4715-bd06-880cf88326b3\/thumbnail\/1240x826\/421a38c60413bb242a23ac5cc977d495\/ap26221856820082.jpg 2x\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/span><figcaption class=\"embed__caption-container\">\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__caption\">White House staff secretary Will Scharf hands President Trump an executive order to sign in the Oval Office of the White House on Sept. 5, 2025.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__credit\"><\/p>\n<p>                AP Photo\/Alex Brandon, File<\/p>\n<p>                          <\/span><br \/>\n              <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Scharf, 40, graduated from Princeton University and received his law degree from Harvard University Law School. He was an assistant U.S. attorney in Missouri in a unit prosecuting violent crimes from 2020 to 2022.<\/p>\n<p>The White House counsel is the White House&#8217;s top lawyer who provides in-house legal guidance to the president and the president&#8217;s team.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Scharf&#8217;s onboarding comes shortly before the midterm elections, and the possibility that Democrats win back one or both chambers of Congress. After Democrats took control of the House in 2019, Mr. Trump and his team were bombarded with subpoenas and investigations, culminating in his first impeachment.<\/p>\n<p>The president&#8217;s announcement of Scharf came one day after the Senate confirmed <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/todd-blanche-senate-vote-confirm-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">Todd Blanche<\/a><\/span>, the president&#8217;s former personal defense attorney, to be U.S. attorney general.\u00a0<\/p>\n<section class=\"content__body--footer\">\n<\/section>\n<p>  <!-- data-recirc-source=\"queryly\" --><\/p>\n<aside class=\"component list recirculation component--type-recirculation  \">\n        <\/aside>\n<section class=\"content__body--footer\">\n      <!-- tags --><br \/>\n    <\/section>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     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