Senate Panel Resets Jay Clayton DNI Hearing for July 15 After Trump Scrapped June 17 Date
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Updated · NBC News · Jul 8
Senate Panel Resets Jay Clayton DNI Hearing for July 15 After Trump Scrapped June 17 Date
3 articles · Updated · NBC News · Jul 8
Summary
July 15 is the new date for Jay Clayton’s Senate Intelligence Committee hearing, reviving a DNI nomination that Trump halted hours before a planned June 17 session.
Trump blocked the earlier hearing while insisting Clayton should not advance until a successor for the Southern District of New York was confirmed; James McDonald’s nomination still has not reached the Senate.
That derailment also reflected Trump’s frustration over the lapse of FISA Section 702 and the lack of votes for his SAVE America Act voter-ID bill.
Clayton enters the rescheduled hearing with some Democratic backing, and his confirmation matters beyond personnel because Democrats have tied support for renewing Section 702 partly to replacing acting DNI Bill Pulte.