Clayton Senate Hearing

Senators grilled Trump DNI nominee Jay Clayton over the 2020 election and his qualifications.

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Jay Clayton, President Donald Trump’s nominee for director of national intelligence, repeatedly refused at a Senate Intelligence Committee confirmation hearing Wednesday to say Joe Biden won the 2020 election. Questioned by Sens. Mark Warner and Jon Ossoff, Clayton said he was “not an election denier” but would not give a direct answer, telling Ossoff, “I’m not gonna do this with you.” Clayton also defended subpoenas he issued as U.S. attorney to New York Times journalists in an FBI leak investigation.

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Jay Clayton’s refusal to plainly say Joe Biden won the 2020 election showed unacceptable evasiveness. That failure made him unfit, or even disqualified him, for a top national intelligence role.