Scoop: Harris bringing California ally to presidential campaign

• Nelson worked closely with Harris when she was attorney general in California and she swore him in at Treasury in 2021, saying, "I've seen Brian's work up-close and he's a true public servant."
• The longtime Harris ally brings a deep understanding of how to combat terrorism, and he has Harris' implicit trust.
• His expected arrival on the campaign comes as Harris advisers are considering how to retool a campaign that was designed to win a different race than the one Harris wants to run.

Between the lines: One other significant change was made today when the White House announced that Anita Dunn, a senior adviser to Biden, would leave her position to join Future Forward, a pro-Harris super PAC.

A Treasury official declined to comment.

Zoom in: At Treasury, Nelson has focused on imposing sanctions on Hamas and Russia — and working with international allies to ensure that targeted companies and entities don't avoid sanctions.

• During the Obama administration, he worked in the national security division of the Department of Justice.

Zoom out: The Harris campaign is navigating a presidential race while also defending the U.S. approach to Israel and its war against Hamas.

• Today, upon landing in Atlanta for a political rally, she went to the cameras to make a statement on Israel's response to an attack on a soccer field over the weekend.
• "I want to address what's happened over the last few hours in terms of the Middle East, and be very clear Israel has a right to defend itself," Harris told reporters as she headed to an election rally in Atlanta.