{"id":2615029,"date":"2026-06-17T07:30:01","date_gmt":"2026-06-17T11:30:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-canceling-jay-clayton-hearing\/"},"modified":"2026-06-17T07:33:46","modified_gmt":"2026-06-17T11:33:46","slug":"trump-canceling-jay-clayton-hearing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-canceling-jay-clayton-hearing\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump \u2018canceling\u2019 Jay Clayton hearing"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">10<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftrump-canceling-jay-clayton-hearing%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2615029&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>President Donald Trump\u2019s nominee for Director of National intelligence, Jay Clayton, faced plans for a Senate confirmation hearing intended to help resolve issues related to a lapsed foreign spy program.However, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-case-for-trump-winning-a-nobel-peace-prize\/\" title=\"The case for Trump winning a Nobel Peace Prize\">trump abruptly announced<\/a> that the hearing was canceled until a new U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York, Jamie McDonald, coudl be appointed to replace Clayton. Trump stated he preferred to delay Clayton\u2019s confirmation to allow McDonald to assume the role, effectively complicating efforts to swiftly reauthorize Section 702 of the foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, which permits warrantless foreign surveillance.<\/p>\n<p>The decision has introduced uncertainty into the Senate\u2019s proceedings, as Democrats had demanded the removal of Acting Director Bill Pulte before supporting the renewal of Section 702. Trump\u2019s post also threatens to impact McDonald\u2019s nomination, as he expressed concerns about the &#8220;blue slip&#8221; process giving senators veto power that might block his appointment. democrats indicated their support for Clayton hinges on his upcoming hearing, with some concerns over his involvement with Jeffrey Epstein\u2019s files and unsubstantiated claims about election rigging.<\/p>\n<p>despite these issues, clayton has bipartisan support as a qualified candidate suited for the intelligence role.the situation underscores the delicate political maneuvering surrounding key appointments and intelligence legislation, with Republican lawmakers eager to confirm Clayton promptly, while Democrats seek more facts before proceeding. The <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >overarching context involves ongoing debates<\/a> about the structure of the Office of the Director of National Intelligence and efforts to avoid the expiration of critical surveillance authorities.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<article class=\"fn-body\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4606191\/jay-clayton-trump-pick-intelligence-chief\/\">Jay Clayton<\/a>, President\u00a0Donald Trump\u2019s <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4605230\/trump-names-jay-clayton-intelligence-chief-fisa\/\">nominee for director of national\u00a0intelligence<\/a>, was set to be grilled at a confirmation hearing Wednesday that Republicans hoped would break the gridlock on an expired foreign spy program.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But the president suddenly announced Republicans were \u201ccanceling\u201d the hearing until the Senate allows Jamie McDonald to become the next U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York. McDonald was tapped this week to replace Clayton, the current U.S. attorney for that district.<\/p>\n<section class=\"explore-more-section\" id=\"wex-recommended-widget\">\n<div class=\"magazine-container single\">\n<h1 class=\"magazine-title mt-2\">Recommended Stories<\/h1>\n<p>             <i class=\"fa-solid fa-play icon\"><\/i>         <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-grid\">\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/senate\/4611566\/trump-jay-clayton-hearing-fisa-canceling\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Trump \u2018canceling\u2019 Jay Clayton hearing, throwing quick confirmation into further doubt<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/senate\/4611555\/susan-collins-kavanaugh-vote-abortion\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Collins says \u2018I do not regret\u2019 confirming Kavanaugh despite Roe v. 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Trump\u2019s post came in the middle of the night, and Clayton was set to appear at 2 p.m. But his announcement scrambles the already tenuous path for Clayton and leaves further in doubt a bipartisan deal to reauthorize Section 702 of the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/fisa\/\">Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Republicans wanted Clayton confirmed as soon as Thursday, a bid to block interim appointment Pulte from taking over on Friday. And their plan to fast-track his nomination could have done so, if Democrats were willing to cooperate.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But Trump\u2019s post is threatening to derail that timeline and with it, any hope that Section 702, which allows warrantless surveillance abroad, can be renewed after it lapsed last week. Senate Democrats had been demanding that Pulte, a top federal housing official viewed as too loyal to Trump, be removed before giving their votes for that renewal.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap\" style=\"min-height:5px;\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" style=\"display:none;\">Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-16\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-2\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It\u2019s also unclear how Trump\u2019s demand on McDonald will be handled, but the president is effectively trying to force Democrats into returning \u201cblue slips\u201d for his nomination as U.S. attorney.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In the Truth Social post, the president fumed that the blue slip practice, which gives <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democrats-hand-grassley-rare-district-attorney-victories\/\" title=\"... hand Grassley rare ... attorney victories\">home state senators veto power<\/a> over a prosecutor nominee, might block McDonald.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cBecause of the ridiculous views of Republicans on blue slipping (Dumocrats are often willing to nix it), I may not be able to get the extraordinary Sullivan &#038; Cromwell Partner, Jamie, approved, and I don\u2019t want to take Jay Clayton away from the great job he is doing until Jamie is in place,\u201d Trump said.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap\" style=\"min-height:5px;\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" style=\"display:none;\">Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-17\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-3\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">His statement compounds the \u201cmixed signals\u201d Democrats were already giving on Clayton, and whether they would help fast-track his confirmation. Democrats stated on Tuesday that their vote would depend on how Clayton performs in his hearing.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe are all awaiting the hearing, and we\u2019ll make some decisions after that,\u201d Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) told reporters on Tuesday. \u201cThere are lots of questions that have to be answered.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Among their concerns is the involvement of Clayton\u2019s office in overseeing the release of the Jeffrey Epstein files, as well as his recent comments echoing unsubstantiated claims that Democrats rigged California\u2019s mayoral election in Los Angeles against a Republican candidate.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Aside from those qualms, Clayton has received bipartisan praise, as a serious nominee and someone who could be a steady hand as head of the intelligence community. In the first Trump administration, he was confirmed as chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission with the help of Democrats.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Clayton had begun meeting with senators on the intelligence panel ahead of his testimony as recently as Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cDoes he understand the role? Does he understand that, more than most jobs, this job is anchored in facts and not opinions?\u201d Sen. Mark Kelly (D-AZ) told the <em>Washington Examiner<\/em>. \u201cI am sympathetic \u2014 very sympathetic \u2014 to the argument of expediting this because of FISA. However, it\u2019s going to be a challenge.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Office of Director of National Intelligence was created in response to the 9\/11 terror attacks, and the director is an adviser to the president who oversees an intelligence community consisting of 18 agencies.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/senate\/4605862\/republicans-race-confirm-trump-dni-pick\/\">REPUBLICANS RACE TO CONFIRM TRUMP DNI PICK JAY CLAYTON TO BREAK SPY PROGRAM GRIDLOCK<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Trump and lawmakers from both sides of the aisle have suggested the office has become \u201cbloated\u201d and could be downsized or eliminated altogether. Still, Republicans appear largely on board with confirming Clayton as soon as possible \u2014 and ideally before senators leave town for the week on Thursday. That pace would require cooperation from Democrats due to committee and chamber rules.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI don\u2019t see any obvious red lines, and I think the sooner we can get him confirmed, then maybe the sooner we can get [FISA] reauthorized,\u201d Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX) told the <em>Washington Examiner<\/em>. \u201cWe can\u2019t take the risk, particularly during the World Cup and other times, which we know will be obvious targets, to go blind.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Trump cancels Clayton hearing, delays spy program reauthorization<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3204,"featured_media":2615030,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/AP26069464632472.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[6124,3679,81303,5894,3634],"class_list":["post-2615029","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-cancellation","tag-hearing","tag-jayclayton","tag-politics","tag-trump"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/AP26069464632472.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2615029","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3204"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2615029"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2615029\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2615033,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2615029\/revisions\/2615033"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2615030"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2615029"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2615029"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2615029"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}