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The man who started the SEC's crackdown on crypto is now steering Washington's approach to artificial intelligence
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President Donald Trump announced on Truth Social on Sunday the creation of a "Super Intelligence Force," a task force charged with coordinating the federal government's effort to keep the U.S. ahead in AI.
Key facts
- In December 2020, in one of his final acts as chair, Clayton's SEC sued Ripple for $1.3 billion, alleging the company sold XRP as an unregistered security
- In 2025, he installed Clayton as interim U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York
- President Donald Trump announced on Truth Social on Sunday the creation of a "Super Intelligence Force," a task force charged with coordinating the federal government's effort to keep the U.S. ahead
- Trump first tried to put Clayton atop the U.S. attorney's office in Manhattan in 2020, while he still led the SEC
Summary
President Trump announced a "Super Intelligence Force" to coordinate federal AI policy, with Director of National Intelligence Jay Clayton widely reported as its leader and the administration's new AI czar. As SEC chair in Trump's first term, Clayton brought 57 crypto cases and sued Ripple over XRP in one of his final acts. Clayton later advised crypto firms, then oversaw the prosecution of Tornado Cash developer Roman Storm as interim U.S. attorney in Manhattan. The man who started the SEC's crackdown on crypto is now steering Washington's approach to artificial intelligence.