Career
Scharf initially worked as an attorney in private practice. [2] In 2016,he joined the office of Catherine Hanaway's campaign for Missouri governor. [3] After Hanaway lost to Eric Greitens in the primaries,Scharf joined the Greitens team for the general election race. [3] Upon Greitens winning and becoming governor of Missouri,Scharf was named his policy director. [3] Greitens resigned in 2018 and Scharf subsequently worked in New York and Washington,D.C. [4] In 2020,he became an assistant United States attorney,working in the violent crimes division for the city of St. Louis. [4]
Scharf worked for the confirmations of Brett Kavanaugh and Amy Coney Barrett for the United States Supreme Court. [5] He worked for the firm CRC Advisors,which helped choose court nominees for President Donald Trump. [5]
In 2023,Scharf announced his candidacy for the 2024 Missouri attorney general election,challenging Andrew Bailey for the Republican nomination. [4] In October 2023,he joined former President Trump's legal team,working on several of Trump's cases,including for the appeal of his gag orders,the appeal of Trump's civil fraud trial,and his presidential immunity case. [6] [7] [8] He made frequent television appearances defending Trump and was reported as playing a "major role" in the presidential immunity case,which resulted in the Supreme Court ruling in favor of the former president and giving absolute immunity for official acts as president. [5] [9]
Scharf was co-endorsed by Trump in his attorney general race. [10] He was defeated in the primary by Bailey. [11] After Trump won the 2024 presidential election,he appointed Scharf to his office as assistant to the president and White House staff secretary. [12] A statement released by Trump said that "Will is a highly skilled attorney who will be a crucial part of my White House team." [12]
This page is based on this
Wikipedia article Text is available under the
CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.
