{"id":2639568,"date":"2026-08-03T09:47:55","date_gmt":"2026-08-03T13:47:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/jay-clayton-to-take-over-as-dni-on-monday-bill-pulte\/"},"modified":"2026-08-03T09:51:24","modified_gmt":"2026-08-03T13:51:24","slug":"jay-clayton-to-take-over-as-dni-on-monday-bill-pulte","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/jay-clayton-to-take-over-as-dni-on-monday-bill-pulte\/","title":{"rendered":"Jay Clayton to take over as DNI on Monday: Bill Pulte"},"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\">22<\/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%2Fjay-clayton-to-take-over-as-dni-on-monday-bill-pulte%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=2639568&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>Bill Pulte, acting Director of National Intelligence, announced that Jay Clayton will begin his role as the new DNI on Monday. Pulte expressed gratitude to President Trump for the possibility to serve and praised Clayton\u2019s upcoming leadership, offering his full support during the transition. Clayton was confirmed by the Senate through a narrow vote and previously served as the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York and as chairman of the SEC under Trump. His appointment came after concerns over the initial nominee, Pulte, who had limited security experience and was criticized for his loyalty to Trump. Pulte, who stepped into the DNI role after Tulsi Gabbard resigned, led efforts to declassify documents related to foreign interference in the 2020 election. Clayton&#8217;s confirmation was notable because he declined to confirm Biden\u2019s 2020 election victory during his hearing, and he begins his tenure amid debates over renewing key surveillance authorities. Pulte plans to return to his position overseeing Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac after his stint as acting DNI.  <\/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\">Acting Director of National Intelligence <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/bill-pulte\/\">Bill Pulte<\/a> said on Saturday incoming director <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/jay-clayton\/\">Jay Clayton<\/a> will start transitioning into his new role as head of the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/intelligence\/\">intelligence community<\/a> on Monday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI am eternally grateful to President Trump for the opportunity to serve as Director of National Intelligence, while he completed historic declassifications we right sized the ODNI,\u201d <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/pulte\/status\/2083599098859446369\">Pulte said<\/a>. \u201cI have no doubt that Jay will do a tremendous job. I have offered Jay my complete and total support as he transitions to take over this incredible agency!\u201d<\/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\/white-house\/4671556\/lincoln-project-fight-relevancy-anti-trump-organizations-second-term\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Lincoln Project struggles to stay relevant during Trump\u2019s second term<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4672332\/anti-weaponization-fund-could-be-back-blanche-not-confirmed-trump\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Anti-weaponization fund could be \u2018back on the table\u2019 if Blanche not confirmed: Trump<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4672015\/bill-pulte-clayton-dni-monday\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Jay Clayton to take over as DNI on Monday: Bill Pulte<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/section\/senate\/\">Senate<\/a> confirmed Clayton through a 51-47 party-line vote on Wednesday. Clayton, the current U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York, was nominated by President <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\">Donald Trump<\/a> after lawmakers from across the aisle criticized the original choice of Pulte, who has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/jay-clayton-to-take-over-as-dni-on-monday-pulte\/\" title=\"... to take over as ... on Monday: ...\">limited national security experience<\/a>. Democrats also argued he exhibited excessive loyalty to Trump while serving as the director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency and chairman of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-1\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-1\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-15\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-1\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Pulte was tapped by Trump to serve as acting director after <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/tulsi-gabbard\/\">Tulsi Gabbard<\/a> announced her resignation from the role in late May after her husband was diagnosed with bone cancer. During his tenure, Pulte conducted four rounds of layoffs to downsize the agency and declassified thousands of documents related to alleged foreign interference in the 2020 presidential election.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Clayton served as chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission in the first Trump administration and has an extensive background as a New York City-based lawyer. The current attorney for Manhattan, his office has overseen the prosecution of former Venezuelan dictator <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/google.com\/search?q=nicolas+maduro+washigton+examiner&#038;rlz=1C5GCEM_enUS1212US1212&#038;oq=nicolas+maduro+washigton+examiner&#038;gs_lcrp=EgZjaHJvbWUyBggAEEUYOTIICAEQABgWGB4yCggCEAAYChgWGB4yDQgDEAAYhgMYgAQYigUyDQgEEAAYhgMYgAQYigUyDQgFEAAYhgMYgAQYigUyDQgGEAAYhgMYgAQYigUyBggHEEUYQNIBCDQ3MDBqMGo3qAIAsAIA&#038;sourceid=chrome&#038;ie=UTF-8\">Nicolas Maduro<\/a> and other high-profile criminals.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/senate\/4666118\/jay-clayton-confirmed-director-national-intelligence\/\"><strong>JAY CLAYTON CONFIRMED AS TRUMP\u2019S NEW DIRECTOR OF NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-2\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-2\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-16\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-2\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Clayton was criticized by Democrats at his <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/senate\/4666118\/jay-clayton-confirmed-director-national-intelligence\/\">confirmation hearing<\/a> for refusing to confirm directly that former President Joe Biden won the 2020 presidential election. He starts his role amid an unprecedented lapse in government spy powers as negotiations to renew Section 702 of the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/fisa\/\">Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act<\/a> remain deadlocked.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI am excited to spend even more time on Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, as the companies continue the historic ascension under President Trump,\u201d Pulte also said, who will be returning to his role as head of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/even-anderson-cooper-admits-trump-witch-hunt-was-not-a-great-look-for-letitia-james\/\" title=\"Even Anderson Cooper Admits ... Witch Hunt Was &#039;Not a Great Look&#039; for Letitia James\">federal housing agency<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-3\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-3\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-17\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-3\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bill Pulte to step down as DNI, Jay Clayton to begin Monday<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3238,"featured_media":2639569,"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\/08\/image-collage-g5fc057h0-1785612536825-e1785612713584.jpg?1785598303&amp;w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[67762,16781,5045,81308],"class_list":["post-2639568","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-bill-pulte","tag-dni","tag-government","tag-jay-clayton"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/image-collage-g5fc057h0-1785612536825-e1785612713584.jpg?1785598303&amp;w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2639568","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\/3238"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2639568"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2639568\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2639574,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2639568\/revisions\/2639574"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2639569"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2639568"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2639568"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2639568"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}