Senate confirms Jay Clayton as nation’s intelligence director
Clayton inherits an 18-agency intelligence community shaken by staff cuts and leadership turnover after a 51-47 vote split along party lines.
- On Tuesday, the Senate confirmed Jay Clayton, President Donald Trump's pick to lead the intelligence community, in a 51-47 vote, ending Bill Pulte's 40-day tenure as acting Director.
- Pulte, a housing executive with no national security experience, implemented staffing cuts that cumulatively axed approximately 30% of staff while focusing on declassifying 2020 election documents at the President's request.
- During a hearing two weeks ago, Clayton refused to say Joe Biden won the 2020 election, testifying it was "certified," prompting Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer to call his performance "abysmal."
- Clayton inherits an office described as "severely understaffed" with "deeply degraded" authority, positioned as a "deep state" target by Trump amid historic institutional decline.
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The appointment of Jay Clayton came after criticism of the interim head of the agency and discussions about the political independence of intelligence.
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US Senate confirms Jay Clayton as Trump intelligence chief
WASHINGTON: The US Senate confirmed Jay Clayton as Donald Trump's top intelligence official on Tuesday (Jul 28), putting a permanent chief in charge of the country's spy agencies as the president revives unsupported election fraud claims ahead of the midterms.Senators voted 51-47 to confirm Clayton's appointm
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