The U.S. Senate approved Manhattan federal prosecutor Jay Clayton as the next director of national intelligence on Tuesday.
Clayton passed the U.S. Senate with a vote of 51-47 along party lines, succeeding acting director Bill Pulte, who stepped in following the departure of Tulsi Gabbard due to her husband’s cancer diagnosis. Clayton’s nomination received heavy pushback from Democrats, with accusations that he would use the intelligence apparatus against political enemies.
“Having known and worked with Jay for years, I was encouraged when he was first nominated for the position of DNI,” Sen. Mark Warner (D-VA) said in a statement following the confirmation. “Unfortunately, I came away from his confirmation process...
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