Trump taps prosecutor Jay Clayton as next director of national intelligence

Washington — President Trump connected Thursday announced he's nominating Jay Clayton, the existent U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York, to beryllium the adjacent manager of nationalist intelligence.

The president urged the Senate to corroborate Clayton "as soon arsenic possible." 

Mr. Trump's prime for acting manager of nationalist intelligence, Bill Pulte, has attracted beardown disapproval from Democrats and immoderate Republicans connected Capitol Hill, stalling enactment connected extending a cardinal spy power that is acceptable to lapse this weekend. Democrats are refusing to hold to an hold arsenic agelong arsenic Pulte is acceptable to presume the role. The president said Pulte volition instrumentality implicit for Tulsi Gabbard connected June 19.

Mr. Trump made the announcement of his enactment of Clayton connected Truth Social. 

"I americium pleased to denote the Nomination of precise Highly Respected Jay Clayton, erstwhile Chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission, the erstwhile Head of Sullivan & Cromwell, 1 of the astir salient and palmy Law Firms anyplace successful the World, and the existent United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, to beryllium the adjacent Director of National Intelligence and, importantly, to service successful my Cabinet," the president wrote. "Few radical anyplace successful the Legal Community are respected astatine the level of Jay. I promote the United States Senate to corroborate Jay arsenic soon arsenic possible. Thank you for your attraction to this matter!"

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