An empty witness table, where Director of National Intelligence nominee Jay Clayton was scheduled to sit for his confirmation hearing, is pictured in the Dirksen Senate Office Building on Wednesday. The planned Senate Intelligence Committee hearing for Clayton was postponed by Chairman Tom Cotton after President Donald Trump delayed the nomination.

The Senate was set to begin the confirmation process for Jay Clayton as Director of National Intelligence Today. But President Trump is calling for a delay.

Trump postpones Jay Clayton's DNI confirmation hearing, tying the former SEC chair's nomination to FISA reauthorization and voter ID legislation.