White House Meets Police, Prosecutor Groups on CLARITY Act as It Seeks Democratic Support

The White House has discussed the CLARITY Act with major US law-enforcement groups as it pushes to pass the digital-asset market structure bill.

Eleanor Terrett, host of Crypto in America, wrote on X on June 11 that the White House crypto council held a private meeting with law-enforcement officials at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building in Washington on the CLARITY Act.

Patrick Witt, executive director of the White House crypto council, led the meeting, which was attended by about 20 people. David Sacks, the White House's top official for AI and crypto policy, and House Majority Whip Tom Emmer left after delivering opening remarks.

Officials from the US Treasury Department, the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network, Senate staff and representatives from the office of Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche also attended.

The law-enforcement groups included the Fraternal Order of Police, the National Association of Police Organizations, the International Association of Chiefs of Police, the National District Attorneys Association and the National Association of Assistant United States Attorneys. The National Sheriffs' Association was invited but did not attend.

The meeting featured about 90 minutes of substantive discussion, with the Blockchain Regulatory Certainty Act, or BRCA, serving as a central topic.

Participants also discussed ways to improve reporting systems for crypto-related crime and strengthen investigative and enforcement capabilities. The effort appears aimed at gathering law-enforcement input on the CLARITY Act and broadening bipartisan support for the measure.

Terrett wrote that winning passage of the CLARITY Act will require signaling to Democratic senators including Catherine Cortez Masto and Mark Warner that law-enforcement groups do not oppose the bill's provisions, including the BRCA.

Congress is reviewing the CLARITY Act, which would reorganize the regulatory framework for digital-asset markets in the US. The bill would divide oversight authority between the Securities and Exchange Commission and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission while clarifying the market structure for digital assets.