President Donald Trump named Jay Clayton, the former head of the Securities and Exchange Commission, as his next director of national intelligence.
The president made the announcement on Truth Social after many Republicans objected to his nomination of Bill Pulte, the head of the Federal Housing Finance Agency, as temporary DNI.
‘Few people anywhere in the Legal Community are respected at the level of Jay.’
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“I am pleased to announce the Nomination of very Highly Respected Jay Clayton, former Chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission, the former Head of Sullivan & Cromwell, one of the most prominent and successful Law Firms anywhere in the World,” the president wrote, “and the current United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, to be the next Director
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