Trump delays Jay Clayton’s nomination for intel director to try to push Congress on voting bill

Source: New York Post

President Trump delayed the nomination of Jay Clayton as the next director of national intelligence until James McDonald is approved as US attorney in an attempt to force Congress to pass his voter ID bill. Clayton, who was set to testify at the hearing on Capitol Hill on Wednesday, had his confirmation fast-tracked after the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) lapsed on Friday. The 59-year-old lawyer, serving as the current US Attorney for the Southern District, was tapped to replace Tulsi Gabbard, who resigned in May, as the head of the US intelligence community.