Patrick Witt, the White House crypto council executive director who led CLARITY Act negotiations, works his final day Friday, roughly two days before a Senate floor vote expected around July 20. Deputy Director Harry Jung takes over the final push at the bill's most delicate moment.
The White House is losing its lead crypto negotiator days before the Senate is set to vote on the Digital Asset Market Clarity Act. Patrick Witt exits the White House on July 18 for Army training, just ahead of a floor vote eyed around July 20. His deputy, Harry Jung, inherits the talks.
An Army Timeline the White House Couldn't Move Again
Witt will begin a months-long leave to start Judge Advocate General training with the Georgia Army National Guard on July 27. The 37-year-old applied to the program in spring 2025 and was originally slated to report in April, but he pushed the date back once to stay at the negotiating table. A second postponement was not an option.
Witt took over the crypto council in August 2025, after his predecessor Bo Hines left for Tether, and has since run the administration's digital asset agenda. That work spans the Strategic Bitcoin Reserve, the rollout of the GENIUS Act on stablecoins, digital asset tax changes, and the CLARITY Act — the market structure bill that would hand the Commodity Futures Trading Commission authority over spot digital asset trading.
Jung Inherits the Final Push
Harry Jung absorbs Witt's responsibilities through the fall, and the administration is projecting continuity because Jung has been in the room for most of the negotiations. Whether Witt returns to the role full-time after training is reportedly uncertain.
Jung's timeline is tight. A merged draft of the CLARITY Act is expected this week, leaving the Senate roughly three working weeks before the August recess — widely described as the last realistic window to pass the bill this Congress. Witt had brokered compromises on stablecoin yield provisions that pitted banks against the crypto industry.
What Stands Between the Bill and 60 Votes
The bill needs 60 votes to clear a filibuster, meaning at least seven Democrats must cross over. The largest unresolved fight remains ethics, sharpened by disclosures indicating Trump earned more than $1.4 billion from crypto ventures last year.
Senator Elizabeth Warren pressed leaders again Monday to bar officials and their families from profiting from crypto. Senator Cynthia Lummis countered that the bill is, according to Bitcoin News, "the only path that works."
Source: Bitcoin News
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