Jay Clayton, President Donald Trump’s new pick to become the nation’s top intelligence official, has a long resume in business law, but little known experience in the spy world.
Trump announced June 11 that he will nominate Clayton, 59, for the position of director of national intelligence, which requires Senate confirmation.
“Few people anywhere in the Legal Community are respected at the level of Jay,” Trump announced on his Truth Social media platform. “I encourage the United States Senate to confirm Jay as soon as possible.”
If confirmed, Clayton would succeed Tulsi Gabbard, Trump's first director of national intelligence who resigned in May to spend more time with her husband after his cancer diagnosis.