{"id":2630005,"date":"2026-07-15T10:03:01","date_gmt":"2026-07-15T14:03:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-live-jay-clayton-testifies-at-dni-confirmation-hearing\/"},"modified":"2026-07-15T10:04:31","modified_gmt":"2026-07-15T14:04:31","slug":"watch-live-jay-clayton-testifies-at-dni-confirmation-hearing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-live-jay-clayton-testifies-at-dni-confirmation-hearing\/","title":{"rendered":"WATCH LIVE: Jay Clayton testifies at DNI confirmation hearing"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/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%2Fwatch-live-jay-clayton-testifies-at-dni-confirmation-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=2630005&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>Jay Clayton is scheduled to testify before the Senate Intelligence committee at 10 a.m. on Tuesday after being nominated by President Donald Trump to serve as the director of national intelligence. The confirmation hearing was initially delayed by committee Chairman Tom Cotton until James McDonald\u2019s nomination to succeed Clayton as U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York was approved. Trump originally considered Bill Pulte for the role but faced opposition from Democrats who demanded the revocation of foreign intelligence powers unless Pulte\u2019s nomination was withdrawn. Consequently,Trump nominated Clayton as the permanent director. The article also includes a youtube video of the hearing, related news stories, and mentions that Clayton\u2019s hearing was postponed from last month due to prior delays.  <\/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<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"youtube-embed\" data-video_id=\"\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"LIVE: Jay Clayton\u2019s confirmation hearing for Director of National Intelligence\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/zhyiAhYXdhM?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Jay Clayton will testify before the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/senate-intelligence-committee\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"166\">Senate Intelligence Committee<\/a> at 10 a.m. on Tuesday after being tapped by President <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"4\">Donald Trump<\/a> to be the director of national <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/intelligence\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"1400\">intelligence<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" 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