Jay Clayton Faces Senate Heat Over Election Security as Trump Delayed 1st DNI Hearing
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Updated · The New York Times · Jul 15
Jay Clayton Faces Senate Heat Over Election Security as Trump Delayed 1st DNI Hearing
2 articles · Updated · The New York Times · Jul 15
Summary
Jay Clayton entered his Senate confirmation hearing under heavier scrutiny after the White House pushed to declassify intelligence on election security ahead of a Thursday Trump speech.
Bill Pulte, the acting DNI, has been working on possible releases about election interference, leaving lawmakers poised to press Clayton on politicized intelligence and his past comments about possible California election fraud.
Trump had derailed Clayton’s smoother path last month by ordering him to skip an earlier hearing, a move that kept Pulte in the job and deepened Democratic suspicion of the administration’s handling of ODNI.
Mark Warner plans to cite a rise in intelligence employees worried political influence is undermining analysis, while Clayton could also face questions about last week’s subpoenas of New York Times reporters in the Air Force One leak inquiry.