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Trump intelligence pick Jay Clayton faces Senate confirmation hearing
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Trump intelligence pick Jay Clayton faces Senate confirmation hearing
Jay Clayton, US attorney for the Southern District of New York, will appear before the Senate Intelligence Committee on Wednesday for a confirmation hearing to become director of national intelligence.
- Clayton will face senators on the intelligence committee in a confirmation hearing to become the next director of national intelligence.
- Trump directed Clayton not to appear at a previously scheduled hearing last month, allowing Bill Pulte to become acting director of national intelligence.
- Acting Director Pulte has fired intelligence officials and will appear with Trump on Thursday for a televised national address on foreign election interference.
- Clayton said on CNBC on June 8 that the US is "doing an absolutely terrible job" on election integrity and that California's mail-voting laws created an "opportunity for fraud."
Latest developments
- Jul 15 — During his Senate confirmation hearing, Jay Clayton refused to acknowledge that Joe Biden won the 2020 election, while asserting he is not an "election denier."
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