Senaten skjuter upp utfrågningen för Jay Claytons bekräftelse som underrättelsechef

Senatens underrättelsekommitté har skjutit upp bekräftelseförhöret för Jay Clayton som ny underrättelsechef. President Trump beordrade fördröjningen i ett inlägg på Truth Social under natten. Bill Pulte kvarstår som tillförordnad chef under tiden.

Senator Tom Cotton, den republikanska ordföranden för senatens underrättelsekommitté, meddelade att utfrågningen skjuts upp efter Trumps direktiv. Förhöret var ursprungligen planerat till onsdag eftermiddag. Trump sade att nomineringen inte kommer att gå vidare förrän Jamie McDonald har bekräftats som federal åklagare. Han kopplade även förlängningen av övervakningsverktyget FISA Section 702 till antagandet av röstningslagen SAVE America Act. Clayton tjänstgör för närvarande som federal åklagare för södra distriktet i New York. Han ledde tidigare Securities and Exchange Commission under Trumps första mandatperiod. Pulte, som saknar erfarenhet av underrättelsetjänst, kommer att fortsätta i sin roll som tillförordnad chef. Den avgående chefen Tulsi Gabbard avgick förra månaden.

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