{"id":5966,"date":"2026-06-12T02:31:31","date_gmt":"2026-06-11T23:31:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsfire.gr\/en\/?p=5966"},"modified":"2026-06-12T02:31:31","modified_gmt":"2026-06-11T23:31:31","slug":"trump-taps-former-sec-chief-clayton-to-lead-intelligence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsfire.gr\/en\/trump-taps-former-sec-chief-clayton-to-lead-intelligence\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump Taps Former SEC Chief Clayton to Lead Intelligence"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In a statement posted on Truth Social, the President announced his decision to tap <strong>Jay Clayton<\/strong>, who previously served as Chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission and led the prestigious law firm Sullivan &#038; Cromwell. Trump praised Clayton as one of the most respected figures in the legal community and called on the Senate to confirm him swiftly for the DNI position and Cabinet role.<\/p>\n<p>The nomination comes after Trump faced pressure to select a different candidate than <strong>Bill Pulte<\/strong>, who currently directs the Federal Housing Finance Agency. Clayton&#8217;s name was reportedly put forward by CIA Director <strong>John Ratcliffe<\/strong>, who recommended him for the intelligence community&#8217;s top post.<\/p>\n<p>Senate Majority Leader <strong>John Thune<\/strong> signaled quick action on the nomination, describing Clayton as a highly qualified professional with the right skill set for handling complex challenges. Pulte is expected to remain as acting DNI while the Senate reviews Clayton&#8217;s nomination.<\/p>\n<p>During his tenure as U.S. Attorney in Manhattan, Clayton oversaw the review of documents connected to convicted sex offender <strong>Jeffrey Epstein<\/strong>. His office also pursued criminal charges against <strong>Nicol\u00e1s Maduro<\/strong>, the Venezuelan regime leader.<\/p>\n<p>Clayton&#8217;s extensive background spans both the private and public sectors. As SEC Chairman, he played a key role in shaping financial regulatory policy. His leadership of Sullivan &#038; Cromwell, one of the world&#8217;s most prominent law firms, further established his reputation in corporate and securities law before entering government service.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:right\"><em>With information from <a href=\"https:\/\/breitbart.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Breitbart News<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Donald Trump nominated Jay Clayton, currently U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York and former SEC Chairman, to serve as Director of National Intelligence.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":47,"featured_media":5965,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[122],"tags":[2101,196,6293,697,6294,209],"nfg_topic":[135],"class_list":["post-5966","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-director-of-national-intelligence","tag-donald-trump","tag-jay-clayton","tag-john-ratcliffe","tag-senate-confirmation","tag-united-states","nfg_topic-world"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsfire.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5966","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsfire.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsfire.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsfire.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/47"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsfire.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5966"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/newsfire.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5966\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5988,"href":"https:\/\/newsfire.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5966\/revisions\/5988"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsfire.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5965"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsfire.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5966"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsfire.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5966"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsfire.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5966"},{"taxonomy":"nfg_topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsfire.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/nfg_topic?post=5966"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}