President Donald Trump introduced Thursday that he’s nominating Jay Clayton, the US legal professional for the Southern District of New York, to be his subsequent director of nationwide intelligence.
“Few people anywhere in the Legal Community are respected at the level of Jay,” Trump wrote in a post on Truth Social. “I encourage the United States Senate to confirm Jay as soon as possible.”
The choose comes amid a firestorm on Capitol Hill over Trump’s earlier resolution to make top housing official Bill Pulte the performing nationwide intelligence chief following the deliberate departure of Tulsi Gabbard.
The elevation of Pulte, who has no nationwide safety background, prompted pushback from each Democratic and Republican lawmakers and has endangered the renewal of vital authorities surveillance powers.
Clayton served as the top of the Securities and Exchange Commission throughout Trump’s first time period.