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Nominee for top intel post runs into lawmakers eager to see him replace the current leader
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WASHINGTON, President Donald Trump’s nominee for director of national intelligence, Jay Clayton, is likely to get a friendly reception from lawmakers Wednesday at his confirmation hearing as both parties are eager for him to take over from the acting intelligence chief.
Key facts
- Congress created the national intelligence director’s position in the aftermath of the Sept
- Both Democratic and Republican lawmakers see Clayton, the U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York, as a relatively safe pair of hands to replace Bill Pulte, a political partisan who came
- Trump is due to deliver remarks Thursday evening that will focus in part on election integrity and his administration’s findings around the 2020 election
- And as for the 2020 election, no evidence has emerged showing widespread fraud, as Trump has claimed
Summary
Both Democratic and Republican lawmakers see Clayton, the U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York, as a relatively safe pair of hands to replace Bill Pulte, a political partisan who came to the job without any clear national security experience. The Senate Intelligence Committee will hold the confirmation hearing amid growing concern among Democrats that Trump and his administration could try to use intelligence or law enforcement agencies to interfere with state governments overseeing midterm elections in November.
Trump is due to deliver remarks Thursday evening that will focus in part on election integrity and his administration’s findings around the 2020 election.