Missouri Attorney General Candidate Will Scharf, right, checks his phone while waiting to speak with voters outside of The Family Arena on Tuesday, Aug. 6, 2024, in St. Charles. “I’m not a Jefferson City insider, I’m not somebody that comes from that establishment,” Scharf said. “What I do have though, is a proven track record of winning for the conservative movement and conservative causes.”
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Will Scharf, who failed this summer in a primary bid for Missouri attorney general, has been named to a key role in President-elect Donald Trump’s White House.
In a statement Saturday, Trump announced that Scharf would serve as assistant to the president and White House staff secretary.
“Will is going to make us proud as we Make America Great Again,” the statement reads.
Scharf served as a personal attorney for Trump, a position he highlighted in his campaign ads against incumbent Attorney General Andrew Bailey. Trump endorsed both Scharf and Bailey in that race.
Despite strong fundraising by Scharf, he was able to garner only 37% of the vote in the two-person GOP primary. Bailey, who was appointed to the job by Gov. Mike Parson, went on to win the general election.
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Scharf, a former federal prosecutor, attended Harvard Law School.
According to his LinkedIn profile, he works at the James Otis Law Group, which has offices in Clayton and west St. Louis County. The firm was founded by lawyer D. John Sauer, who was recently appointed U.S. solicitor general by Trump.
In his statement, Trump lauded Scharf for his role in “defeating the Election Interference and Lawfare waged against me.”
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Source: politics.einnews.com…
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