The Senate Intelligence Committee said Tuesday, June 17, it will move ahead with the confirmation process for Jay Clayton as Director of National Intelligence — even as President Trump is pressing for a delay.
Trump’s push to slow the hearing puts him at direct odds with the committee’s own timetable. The panel didn’t say what prompted the president’s request, and no reason was publicly given.
Not yet resolved: whether Trump will take further steps to block or postpone the proceedings.
Clayton, a former Securities and Exchange Commission chairman under Trump’s first term, was tapped by the president to lead the nation’s top intelligence post. His nomination now sits at the center of a rare public standoff between the White House and a Republican-controlled Senate committee.
The Intelligence Committee’s decision to proceed regardless puts pressure on Clayton’s supporters and opponents alike to move quickly. A date for the actual hearing hadn’t been announced as of Tuesday afternoon.
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