White House touts support for Jay Clayton as Trump's DNI nominee
In a June 16 release, the White House said President Trump's nomination of Jay Clayton as Director of National Intelligence was drawing strong bipartisan acclaim on Capitol Hill.
At a glance
- President Trump has nominated Jay Clayton as Director of National Intelligence, per the White House release.
- Clayton previously served as US Attorney for the Southern District of New York and as SEC chair.
VERDICT — CONFIRMED
President Trump's nomination of Jay Clayton to be Director of National Intelligence is drawing strong bipartisan acclaim on Capitol Hill, the White House said in a release dated 16 June.
The release notes Clayton's credentials: he is a former United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York and a former chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission — a résumé weighted toward financial enforcement and prosecution rather than the intelligence community he is now nominated to lead. Both prior posts are matters of public record and are the two qualifications the White House itself puts forward.
A note on sourcing: the claim of “broad praise” and bipartisan acclaim is the White House's own characterisation, published through its press channel under the headline “Excellent Choice”. The material supplied contains no independent tally of senators' positions, no named endorsements from either party, and no committee schedule. What is confirmed is the fact of the nomination and Clayton's prior offices; the breadth of his support will be tested where it counts, in the Senate confirmation process.
Key facts on file
- President Trump has nominated Jay Clayton as Director of National Intelligence, per the White House release.
- Clayton previously served as US Attorney for the Southern District of New York and as SEC chair.
