Jay Clayton Gets July 15 DNI Hearing as Trump’s FISA-SAVE Act Demands Derailed 1st Bid
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Updated · Fox News · Jul 15
Jay Clayton Gets July 15 DNI Hearing as Trump’s FISA-SAVE Act Demands Derailed 1st Bid
3 articles · Updated · Fox News · Jul 15
Summary
Jay Clayton is set for a second Senate Intelligence Committee hearing at 9:30 a.m. Wednesday, reviving his stalled bid to become director of national intelligence.
Trump derailed Clayton’s first hearing last month by refusing to move forward on FISA unless Republicans tied reauthorization to the SAVE America Act and until SDNY replacement James McDonald was confirmed.
Section 702 of FISA has been gradually going dark after Democrats, angered by Trump’s appointment of FHFA Director Bill Pulte as acting DNI, withheld support for renewal.
Clayton’s nomination had been viewed as an olive branch because several Democrats previously backed him as SEC chair and hoped his confirmation would sideline Pulte and reopen a path to restoring the surveillance program.
The hearing comes as lawmakers also plan to press Clayton on politicized intelligence and election-security issues, underscoring broader distrust around the ODNI after Tulsi Gabbard’s departure.