{"id":35876,"date":"2026-08-10T05:23:42","date_gmt":"2026-08-10T00:23:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=35876"},"modified":"2026-08-10T05:23:42","modified_gmt":"2026-08-10T00:23:42","slug":"trump-picks-top-aide-on-ballroom-project-to-be-new-white-house-counsel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=35876","title":{"rendered":"Trump Picks Top Aide on Ballroom Project to Be New White House Counsel"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script>\r\n  atOptions = {\r\n    'key' : '644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6',\r\n    'format' : 'iframe',\r\n    'height' : 90,\r\n    'width' : 728,\r\n    'params' : {}\r\n  };\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script src=\"https:\/\/www.highperformanceformat.com\/644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_5747472\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5747472\" class=\"size-full wp-image-5747472\" src=\"https:\/\/am13.mediaite.com\/med\/cnt\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP26142733308483-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1707\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-5747472\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">(AP Photo\/Alex Brandon)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>President <strong>Donald Trump<\/strong> on Sunday announced <strong>Will Scharf<\/strong>, one of his go-to aides, will become the new White House counsel.<\/p>\n<p>The president said Scharf will enter the new role in September and will be replacing<strong> David Warrington<\/strong>, one of Trump&#8217;s personal attorneys who later joined his administration at the start of his second term.<\/p>\n<p>Trump posted on Truth Social:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>I know Will well! He previously represented me in numerous cases, including at the Supreme Court, during the Biden Administration\u2019s corrupt and illegal campaign of Weaponization.\u00a0He also previously served as a Federal Prosecutor, worked as an attorney in private practice, clerked for two Federal Appeals Court Judges, and was a top student at both Princeton University, and Harvard Law School.<\/p>\n<p>Will is Tough, Strong, and Smart! He also loves our Country, and respects the Law. Will Scharf will do a great job as White House Counsel!<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Trump added Warrington will be returning to the private sector.<\/p>\n<p><em>The Wall Street Journal<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/politics\/policy\/trump-names-will-scharf-as-new-white-house-counsel-5326dd9e?mod=e2tw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> noted<\/a> Scharf has held several roles inside the Trump White House, &#8220;but might be best known publicly as the man who frequently presents executive orders to the president for his signature in the Oval Office.<\/p>\n<p>Scharf has served as the chairman of the National Capital Planning Commission since last year, where he has overseen Trump&#8217;s new White House ballroom and other construction projects. He is also the White House staff secretary; Trump said in his Truth Social announcement Scharf has done an &#8220;amazing job&#8221; in both roles.<\/p>\n<p>The announcement comes a day after Trump&#8217;s pick for attorney general, <strong>Todd Blanche<\/strong>, was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mediaite.com\/media\/news\/senate-votes-before-sunrise-to-confirm-todd-blanche-as-u-s-attorney-general\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">confirmed by the Senate<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Scharf closed out his time as Trump&#8217;s staff secretary by presenting him with executive orders aiming <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mediaite.com\/media\/news\/trump-eyes-new-court-battle-with-new-executive-orders-to-limit-birthright-citizenship\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">to stop &#8220;birth tourism.&#8221; <\/a>The orders bar people born to members of &#8220;federally declared terrorist groups&#8221; and &#8220;children born of mothers who expressly and deceptively enter the U.S.&#8221; from becoming citizens, among a few other examples.<\/p>\n<p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mediaite.com\/politics\/trump-picks-top-aide-on-ballroom-project-to-be-new-white-house-counsel\/\">Trump Picks Top Aide on Ballroom Project to Be New White House Counsel<\/a> first appeared on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mediaite.com\">Mediaite<\/a>.<\/p>\n<script async=\"async\" data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/pl30214220.effectivecpmnetwork.com\/9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<div id=\"container-9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\"><\/div>\r\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(AP Photo\/Alex Brandon) President Donald Trump on Sunday announced Will Scharf, one of his go-to aides, will become the new White House counsel. 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