Senate Majority Leader John Thune signaled deep uncertainty Thursday over the fate of Jay Clayton’s nomination as director of national intelligence.
Its future, he told reporters, is essentially up to President Donald Trump.
Asked whether Clayton’s nomination was being withdrawn, Thune pointed to the White House for answers.
“I’ve never been asked to slow a nomination down before,” he said.
Asked for a further explanation of why Trump effectively killed the Senate GOP’s hopes of quickly confirming Clayton and unlocking an extension of key surveillance law, Thune mentioned the acting director of national intelligence who is set to start Friday…
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