Stay up to date with notifications from The IndependentNotifications can be managed in browser preferences.AllNewsSportCultureLifestylePresident Donald Trump announced Jay Clayton, former SEC chair and current U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York, as his new nominee for director of national intelligence. This decision came after Democrats threatened to allow key Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) legislation to expire rather than accept Trump's previous DNI pick, Bill Pulte. Democrats opposed Pulte's appointment due to his lack of experience in the intelligence community, leading to a congressional stalemate. Republicans' attempts to secure temporary extensions for FISA, including three-week and one-week proposals, were rejected by Democrats. Trump's announcement of Clayton's nomination occurred as the Senate was poised to let the FISA law lapse, with senators already leaving for the weekend. In fullTrump taps former SEC chair to be his head of National Intelligence after Congress rejects Bill PulteThank you for registeringPlease refresh the page or navigate to another page on the site to be automatically logged inPlease refresh your browser to be logged in
Trump nominates former SEC chair to succeed Tulsi Gabbard as DNI
Stay up to date with notifications from The IndependentNotifications can be managed in browser preferences.AllNewsSportCultureLifestylePresident Donald Trump announced Jay Clayton, former SEC chair and current U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York, as his new nominee for director of national intelligence. This decision came after Democrats threatened to allow key Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) legislation to expire rather than accept Trump's previous DNI pick, Bill Pulte. Democrats opposed Pulte's appointment due to his lack of experience in the intelligence community, leading to a congressional stalemate. Republicans' attempts to secure temporary extensions for FISA, including three-week and one-week proposals, were rejected by Democrats. Trump's announcement of Clayton's nomination occurred as the Senate was poised to let the FISA law lapse, with senators already leaving for the weekend. In fullTrump taps former SEC chair to be his head of National Intelligence after Congress rejects Bill PulteThank you for registeringPlease refresh the page or navigate to another page on the site to be automatically logged inPlease refresh your browser to be logged in
Trump nominates Jay Clayton, ex SEC chair and U.S. Attorney, as DNI after Democrats rejected Bill Pulte. The appointment breaks a FISA stalemate: Clayton's background targets Congressional deadlock on surveillance authorities vital to intelligence governance and cybersecurity.
