On Thursday, President Donald Trump said that he is nominating Jay Clayton to become the next permanent Director of National Intelligence.
Clayton is a longtime Trump ally who served as chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission during Trump’s first term from 2017 to 2020. Trump has repeatedly praised Clayton’s tenure and later tapped him for other high-profile roles, including U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York.
Clayton’s nomination comes just weeks after Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard announced her resignation, citing her husband’s diagnosis with a rare form of bone cancer and saying she would leave government service to support his treatment and recovery. Gabbard’s resignation was scheduled to take effect June 30.
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