President Trump has announced current Southern District of New York U.S. Attorney Jay Clayton for the position of Director of National Intelligence. [Truth Social] This nomination would seem to officially moot ADNI Bill Pulte.
Jay Clayton is a fellow alumnus along with President Trump from the University of Pennsylvania (undergraduate ’88, and law school ’93).
Clayton also was the signatory for the Nicholas Maduro indictment in his USAO position in New York. Clayton was prosecuting the case.
While Clayton holds national security clearances, his nomination position would seemingly ensure Deputy DNI Aaron Lukas remains in position – per statutory guidelines for military intelligence, or similar, requirement within the ODNI office.
[NOTE: Depending on Clayton’s current intelligence status]
PRESIDENT TRUMP – “I am pleased to announce the Nomination of very Highly Respected Jay Clayton, former Chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission, the former Head of Sullivan & Cromwell, one of the most prominent and successful Law Firms anywhere in the World, and the current United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, to be the next Director of National Intelligence and, importantly, to serve in my Cabinet. Few people anywhere in the Legal Community are respected at the level of Jay. I encourage the United States Senate to confirm Jay as soon as possible. Thank you for your attention to this matter!”
There is a possibility this nomination announcement could change the dynamic in the Senate, where the previous FISA (702) reauthorization bill from the House currently resides.
Jay Clayton was not previously friendly to Cryptocurrency in the position of SEC Chair.
By nominating Clayton, Trump shifts from an acting chief with no intelligence experience to a nominee with extensive legal and regulatory credentials. The move follows mounting pressure from lawmakers to resolve the FISA stalemate and install a confirmed leader at the DNI. It also reflects Trump’s pattern of selecting figures he views as trusted allies with experience in high-profile legal roles.
With the House rejecting a short-term FISA extension and many lawmakers out of Washington, the Senate must address Clayton’s confirmation alongside the urgent need to renew surveillance powers. The compressed schedule risks both issues remaining unresolved before the program lapses. The overlap of leadership transition and legislative deadline underscores the political and operational pressure on Congress. (source)
So Sundance….is he in the same mold as Tulsi …or will he be a typical odni and leave the IC alone??
No one is. That woman endured the worst the leaky IC could throw at her and knew exactly what to target.
Everything that I have read leads me to believe that her moral compass has always been strong. Some folks are forged by fire. Being placed on the TSA watchlist was an act of desperate buffoonery. President Trump is strategic with his choices. Recall how Secretary Rubio sailed through the confirmation process, has surprised most of us with his accomplishments, and has now fallen out of favor with many in the senate. I am guardedly optimistic with this pick.
He’s a little like Ratcliffe.
ugh.
So we can expect no further progress reforming the IC
That’s not good
I was afraid of that.
That’s unfortunate.
Thune likes him – hard for me to get excited about the nomination. What am I missing?
I wish I saw your post before I posted mine. If Thune likes him, it’s a bad pick.
If Thune likes him, that’s not a good sign. I was much more excited about Pulte taking over, judging by the hyperventilating of the uniparty creeps.
Could be Thune likes anyone other then Pulte
Yeah. As long as Thune doesn’t have to demonstrate bold leadership on any subject, I’m with you on this one.
I was thinking that too… an “anyone but Trump’s first choice” TDS-induced myopathy/ blindness might be working to our advantage.
No doubt Dir. Pulte will share his extensive DOGE’d financial-paper-trail files as an open book with whoever takes the DNI position – be it himself as acting OR whoever is confirmed to the position officially.
Nothing can stop what’s coming.
always judge a pol by his friends and enemies…
Under Jay Clayton’s watch – “The United States Department of Justice unsealed a major indictment in New York against Sinaloa Governor Rubén Rocha Moya and nine other current and former Mexican officials. They are charged with accepting millions in bribes from the Sinaloa Cartel (specifically “Los Chapitos” faction) to protect drug operations.”
Having an experienced prosecutor given the information that Tulsi is about to unleash should be helpful.
I am thinking the same thing. The new DNI office has streamlined operations and figured out a process for requesting and obtaining the information it needs. Lucas will continue this and Clayton will look at it through the lens of a prosecutor. Most senators are not too bright. So I wouldn’t dwell too much on their opinions.
I can’t get past Southern District of NY.
Waiting to see if the uniparty republican idiots like Thune start complaining about him. If the uniparty freaks out over this pick, than I’ll know it’s a great choice.
The more they freak out, the better he is.
I think sometimes their freak out is a show and they really know the person is an IC plant.
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Business as usual in DC. Pieces get shuffled and deals get made but We The People seem to always get the hose.
So Trump has chosen Pulte to be Acting DNI when Tulsi leaves.
But Trump has also nominated Clayton to be permanent DNI.
Unless Trump pulls Pulti as Acting DNI, Pulti would presumably be DNI in the interim between Tulsi and Clayton.
I look forward to Thune trying to get Clayton’s nomination through before Pulte takes over as Acting DNI.
Once Clayton is confirmed, Pulte would step down, but apparently Pulte having DNI authority for even a short time has a lot of Deep Staters nervous.
Tulsi’s resignation is effective June 30.
Should be entertaining to watch.
From the mouth of snake itself…
That’s funny.
Cottonmouth
if cotton is happy, we’re in trouble
Welp. Tells me all I need to know. When Mark Warner appears without drool, it’s a bad day.
Uh Oh! Another strike against Clayton. I count three, SDNY, Thune and Cotton.
He’s out as far as my gut reaction is concerned, unless Tulsi supports his nomination.
They don’t seem to be in a hurry to confirm other nominees but Cotton says they can confirm him quickly.
Makes you wonder if they want him in before Tulsi’s official last day so he can stop her releases.
You’d think then Trump would also only put Clayton to appear once Senate Judiciary approves 30 US Attorneys…..has the Senate approved ANY US Attorneys in the last 6 months, or still 150 w empty offices???
*rolling eyes* best to accept the body called Congress as it is (a Petri dish full of parasites) than what we hope it to be. Operation, don’t let the 4 years of Trump pass to go back to mold has begun.
this is making the case against clayton…
Crap
Tom Cotton likes him, so it sounds like a very bad pick. Groan.
https://x.com/SenTomCotton/status/2065162262780768570
The SDNY is nothing but rats like Comeys daughter.
Sorry but that corrupt NY institution has lost its luster years ago
Clayton took over as US Attorney for the SDNY on April 16, 2025, so he may actually have been the one cleaning the place out of people like Comey’s daughter.
“Trump has announced current Southern District of New York U.S. Attorney Jay Clayton for the position of Director of National Intelligence.”
I hope this means that Trump has selected someone from his inner NY circle of people that he trusts. Someone with knowledge of where the bodies are buried in that Den of Iniquity should be able to pick up where Tulsi left off, and continue cleaning house at the federal level by exposing the redacted corruption.
I am getting worn out…seems to me it’s “Trump all the time, every time, anytime, every time!”
The first crack that caught my attention was all that gold showing up on the walls, etc. inside the White House. Then the Iran problem–how it’s been handled has really taken me to a chiropractor due to being whip sawed in every direction. Even General Keane came on the TV today wearing a black suit, looking worn out, pleading for a resolution.
And now we have all these empty job positions in his inner circle. The flattery is out of control…just how much kissing does one person need, all the time! If this new guy for DNI is smart, he will tell the President to tone it down, stop talking all day, every day, to anyone close enough to pigeon hole for listening.
I will bet that right now, in some lonely office within the White House, is a speech writer who has been given the task to create a presentation by the President offering apologies for trying to give Iran a chance to make a deal, noting he made a serious mistake in stopping the attack on Iran. We might hear that speech after the November elections if and when the democrats clean house. He has given them so much fuel to achieve such a goal!
Just too much noise for me!
Have you considered bourbon?
This sounds to me like something from Maduro is central to what is going to happen in the next phase or two of releases.
This would leave a major opening in the Southern District of New York U.S. Attorney’s office.
?
Yes, and that is a very important US Attorney position.
? Lee Zeldin maybe.
Yeah…but does Tulsi like this pick?
The infuriating thing to watch will be how the “World’s greatest deliberative body” speeds this through confirmation. They waste time on everything else, but when there is fear that they are personally exposed, they move with lightning speed.
Not one of the 5 names leaked. First appoint Pulte and scare Thune and Cotton et al void of feces. Then the FISA issue to blame congress if something goes wrong, then nominate the guy you want who is less scarry than Pulte, and hold Thune accountable. Not tired of winning yet.
The issue with these picks is that President Trump has to use the roles to direct feckless Republicans. Like a sheep dog. Unfortunately these roles are critical to his agenda.
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2026/06/trump-announces-new-nominee-director-national-intelligence/
He has Thune backing him. Uh oh. Not a good choice.
Purple tie and charbucks cup.
Little signs.
I wonder how many pics were taken in that staged pose before they got the one they liked.
President Trump is THE disruptor!
How many in the government are lying awake, every night wondering what the heck he’s going to do next.
There’s some justice in that, or at least in my little mind.
We sleep great now😂
“President Trump’s incoming PERMANENT Director of National Intelligence was calling out California’s fraud and rigged elections”….