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The Senate on Tuesday confirmed Jay Clayton as director of national intelligence (DNI) in a 51-47 party-line vote, potentially reviving a stalled battle over renewing the nation’s warrantless spy powers. Clayton, currently a U.S. attorney who served as chair of the Securities and Exchange Commission under the first Trump administration, does not have the broad foreign…

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NEW: Senate Confirms Jay Clayton as Director of National Intelligence

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NEW: Senate Confirms Jay Clayton as Director of National Intelligence

The US Senate on Tuesday evening in a 51-47 vote confirmed Jay Clayton as Director of National Intelligence to replace Tulsi Gabbard. The post NEW: Senate Confirms Jay Clayton as Director of National Intelligence appeared first on The Gateway Pundit.

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Jay Clayton confirmed as Trump's new spymaster in party-line vote

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Jay Clayton confirmed as Trump's new spymaster in party-line vote

The Senate confirmed Jay Clayton as President Donald Trump's new Director of National Intelligence, in a 51-47 vote following party lines, reported CBS News.The vote gives Trump his pick in an office responsible for coordinating all of America's intelligence agencies.Previously, the DNI role was held by former Congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard, but she exited office after a number of reported ideological differences over the Iran war. Gabbard denied this was the reason for her exit, citing personal reasons instead.Trump initially wanted to replace Gabbard with loyalist Bill Pulte, his head of the Federal Housing Finance Agency, and installed Pulte in the agency on an acting basis. However, after bipartisan pushback, he instead selected Clayton, the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York.Democrats initially considered this an improvement, but remained opposed to Clayton's nomination after his hearing, due in part to his refusal to acknowledge the result of the 2020 presidential election, and his involvement signing off on a controversial set of subpoenas against New York Times reporters.Clayton enters an Office of DNI that is already in turmoil, thanks to Pulte making a series of ideological purges of intelligence officers.

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Senate confirms Trump ally Jay Clayton as director of national intelligence

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Senate confirms Trump ally Jay Clayton as director of national intelligence

At confirmation hearing, Clayton sidestepped questions about 2020 election and declined to say Trump lostSign up for the Breaking News US newsletter emailThe US Senate voted to confirm Jay Clayton as the director of national intelligence on Tuesday, giving Trump another key ally directing the nation’s intelligence apparatus.The tally, 51-47, fell along party lines, with all Republicans supporting his nomination and all Democrats opposing it. Continue reading...

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'Really alarming moment': Trump spy chief's confirmation rattles security expert

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'Really alarming moment': Trump spy chief's confirmation rattles security expert

A security expert warned that the confirmation of Trump's new spy chief marks a "really alarming moment."During an appearance on CNN, Paul Rieckhoff said that the confirmation of Jay Clayton as Director of National Intelligence shows that Trump rewards loyalty above all else. Rieckhoff made the warning as CNN panelists spoke about Trump threatening upcoming elections and as Senate votes came in to confirm Clayton as the new head of America's 18 intelligence agencies."Standards don't matter. Competency doesn't matter. Independence doesn't matter. Loyalty matters," Rieckhoff said. "This is a really alarming moment that we shouldn't normalize."Rieckhoff noted that before former DNI Tulsi Gabbard departed, she opposed Trump's actions like the war in Iran and removing its leader, but she was sent to Georgia to "attack elections on behalf of the FBI." Rieckhoff spoke during the segment in which CNN anchor Erin Burnett noted that Trump has made multiple moves to threaten elections, with Rieckhoff noting that Trump seems to be "telegraphing his punches" ahead of the midterms."Now, we've got this guy who's never served in the intelligence community and refuses to accept the elections," Rieckhoff said. "I look at it through the prism of the hundreds of thousands of people in our intelligence community. We are at war with Iran, and Trump wants to attack more places."Clayton's confirmation "really jeopardizes our national security," Rieckhoff added. He worried that "we're under constant threat in the homeland," and Clayton's "lack of basic competence" doesn't help.Rieckhoff added that Clayton's confirmation "has our enemies celebrating."

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Senate confirms Jay Clayton as Trump's next intelligence chief

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Senate confirms Jay Clayton as Trump's next intelligence chief

Clayton's confirmation as director of national intelligence could unlock gridlock over a key spy tool that lapsed last month.

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Senate Confirms Jay Clayton as Intelligence Chief

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Senate Confirms Jay Clayton as Intelligence Chief

The confirmation follows staff cuts at the Office of the Director of National Intelligence.

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Red flags fly as 'very suspicious' move from Todd Blanche has confirmation in doubt

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Red flags fly as 'very suspicious' move from Todd Blanche has confirmation in doubt

CNN analyst Andrew McCabe on Tuesday pointed out that the Department of Justice never responded to President Donald Trump's IRS lawsuit — and how that could impact Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche's nomination.The former deputy director of the FBI told CNN anchor Kasie Hunt that, as Blanche's nomination remains in limbo ahead of Thursday's vote, further questions about Trump's former personal attorney have come to light."Let's remember, there essentially was never really a true lawsuit here," McCabe said. "The president sued the IRS for $10 billion. The Department of Justice never even answered the complaint. So, there were never two opposing parties. The Justice Department never stood up and defended the United States in the way that it did in every other suit brought by the same leak from the same person."This was unusual, McCabe explained."And because of that oddity, that's a very suspicious decision on the part of people like Todd Blanche and others," he said. "The lack of a true controversy meant that the entire thing was about to get dismissed. Before that could happen, they entered into these agreements. One of them, of course, created the weaponization fund, and the second one essentially granted complete immunity forever to Donald Trump, his family members and businesses."McCabe described the situation further."It was basically a giveaway from the Department of Justice to the president," McCabe said. "How this thing stands or was ever conceived — I have no idea. I've been around many, many settlements of criminal matters, some of which involved IRS criminal matters, and have never seen any language like this. I think it's absolutely unprecedented and an incredibly bad idea." The IRS settlement became a sticking point for some Republican senators during Blanche's confirmation hearing. On Tuesday, Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX) said there is no deal on Blanche's confirmation because of the settlement and the so-called anti-weaponization fund, Politico reported.

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