The White House’s top crypto adviser Patrick Witt says he will not depart for required military training at the end of this month, allowing him to remain at the White House to help push the Senate to act on the CLARITY Act. Witt is the administration’s lead negotiator for the legislation and framed the update as a step to ensure he can “see this effort through to the end.”
His announcement comes with the CLARITY Act facing a tight procedural window: the bill must clear the US Senate before the Aug. 8 recess. Witt previously was reported to be scheduled to begin Judge Advocate General (JAG) training with the Georgia Army National Guard on July 27, a program intended to qualify him to serve as a legal officer in the Guard.
