{"id":1952,"date":"2026-08-10T00:48:17","date_gmt":"2026-08-10T00:48:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vaultinsider.top\/?p=1952"},"modified":"2026-08-10T00:48:17","modified_gmt":"2026-08-10T00:48:17","slug":"trumps-new-white-house-counsel-headed-the-commission-that-secured-his-400-million-ballroom-project","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vaultinsider.top\/?p=1952","title":{"rendered":"Trump&#8217;s new White House counsel headed the commission that secured his $400 million ballroom project"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/fortune.com\/img-assets\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP26221752276086.jpg?w=2048\" \/><\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">President\u00a0Donald Trump\u00a0announced Sunday that his new White House counsel will be\u00a0Will Scharf, the staff secretary who as the Trump-appointed head of the National Capital Planning Commission\u00a0helped secure approval\u00a0for the $400 million ballroom project.<\/p>\n<div class=\"paywall\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Trump said that, beginning Sept. 1, Scharf will be replacing David Warrington, who will be leaving the administration to join the private sector. Trump noted that Scharf previously served as a federal prosecutor and represented him in a number of cases, including at the Supreme Court.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWill is Tough, Strong, and Smart! He also loves our Country, and respects the Law,\u201d Trump wrote on Truth Social. \u201cWill Scharf will do a great job as White House Counsel!\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The shakeup in the White House counsel\u2019s office comes at a critical juncture \u2014 just months ahead of the\u00a0midterm elections, where Trump\u2019s Republican Party will be fighting to hold on to control of Congress. Democrats have vowed to pursue investigations into Trump and his administration if they are successful in November.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The White House counsel\u2019s job is to advise on legal and policy questions related to the presidency. The office is the primary White House contact for the Justice Department, and it handles presidential pardons, works on judicial appointments and reviews legislation. The office also helps investigate and manage congressional investigations into the administration and lawsuits against the president when he is sued in his official capacity.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Trump in July 2025 had named Scharf as chair of the National Capital Planning Commission, the executive branch agency with jurisdiction over construction and major renovations to government buildings in the region.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Trump\u2019s ballroom won final approval from the NCPC in April, though a divided federal appeals court\u00a0ruled Friday\u00a0that construction on the project must stop because Congress had not approved it. Trump has vowed to appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The project is already well on its way and has begun to rise above ground on the east side of the White House.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"flex flex-col layout-gap-md\">\n<div class=\"not-prose empty:contents [:has(*[data-empty=true])]:hidden clear-both\">\n<div class=\"typography-level-4 mt-4 font-graphik-compact [&amp;_*_a]:hover:underline [&amp;_*_a]:text-accent\" data-cy=\"subscriptionPlea\"><span class=\"description-parser contents\" data-cy=\"description\"><em><strong>Fortune Daily<\/strong><\/em> breaks the traditional barrier between audience and newsroom. The show transforms <em>Fortune<\/em>\u2019s trusted reporting into actionable, conversational, and entertaining insights for an emerging class of business leaders. <strong>Watch here.<\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>#Trumps #White #House #counsel #headed #commission #secured #million #ballroom #project<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President\u00a0Donald Trump\u00a0announc&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1953,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[3734,3872,3871,273,1175,305,673,1183,3873,277,304],"class_list":["post-1952","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-finance-news","tag-ballroom","tag-commission","tag-counsel","tag-donald-trump","tag-headed","tag-house","tag-million","tag-project","tag-secured","tag-trumps","tag-white"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.1 - 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