Trump picks staff secretary Will Scharf for top White House legal role

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Donald Trump has announced a change in the White House's top legal role. Will Scharf, currently staff secretary and former lawyer to Trump, will become White House counsel and assistant to the president on 1 September. Scharf will assume the administration's top White House legal post. The move is set to take effect in early September. The change marks a shift in the White House's legal leadership.

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