Clayton will take over as US intelligence chief on Monday, Pulte says
The Senate confirmed the former Securities and Exchange Commission chairman this week as Pulte ends a two-month interim tenure and hands over an office with reduced authority.
- Acting Director of National Intelligence Bill Pulte announced Saturday that the leadership transition to Jay Clayton will begin Monday, reversing earlier plans for a two-week overlap period.
- Pulte, who also serves as Federal Housing Finance Agency director, had personally urged President Donald Trump to extend his tenure, arguing he had not yet completed his intelligence agency work.
- During his interim tenure, Pulte accelerated staffing cuts and declassified documents supporting Trump's election fraud claims; the Senate confirmed Clayton this week despite Democratic opposition.
- Upon being sworn in next week, Clayton, formerly the U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York, will assume control of 18 U.S. intelligence agencies.
- Clayton steps into a position vacated by Tulsi Gabbard in June, whose authority has reached a historic low point amid clashes with congressional Democrats over election claims.
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Trump ally gets damning demand from Dems: fork over docs
A group of Senate Democrats pressed Federal Housing Finance Agency Director Bill Pulte recently to explain how he was managing two full-time federal jobs at once, and suggested he resign if he couldn't.In a letter to Pulte, the lawmakers questioned his commitment to his Senate-confirmed Federal Housing Finance Agency post after President Trump tapped him last month to simultaneously serve as acting Director of National Intelligence. They argued …
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LatestlyJay Clayton to take charge as US Director of National Intelligence after Bill Pulte's exit
Bill Pulte's interim Director of National Intelligence tenure concludes this Monday. Jay Clayton will assume the Director of National Intelligence role after Senate confirmation. Pulte expressed gratitude to President Trump for the opportunity to serve. He offered Jay Clayton his complete and total support for the transition. Clayton inherits an intelligence office which has undergone significant reductions.
Jay Clayton to take charge as US Director of National Intelligence after Bill Pultes exit - The Tribune
Bill Pulte's two-month tenure as acting Director of National Intelligence (DNI) will end on Monday, with Jay Clayton set to assume office as the new US Director of National Intelligence after securing Senate confirmation earlier this week.
Jay Clayton to take charge as Bill Pulte exits acting US intelligence role
Bill Pulte will step down as acting US director of national intelligence on Monday, with Senate-confirmed Jay Clayton set to take charge. Pulte’s two-month tenure drew criticism over his lack of national security experience and included the release of classified election-related documents.
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Trump's housing regulator Bill Pulte says he'll hand over intel reins to Jay Clayton on Monday
The two-month tenure of Bill Pulte as acting director of national intelligence will officially come to an end on Monday.
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