2026年6月17日 美国东部时间早上6:00 / 福克斯新闻
参议员马克·凯利表示，对联邦住房金融局局长的担忧可能会加快克莱顿的提名流程
作者：查尔斯·克赖茨，福克斯新闻
发布时间：2026年6月17日 美国东部时间早上6:00 | 更新时间：2026年6月17日 美国东部时间早上7:27
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6398173040112 特朗普提名杰伊·克莱顿出任国家情报总监
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前证券交易委员会（SEC）主席沃尔特·“杰伊”·克莱顿原定于周三出席参议员们的听证会，外界预计这场听证会将是一场紧张的确认听证会，以使其顺利出任国家情报总监。但唐纳德·特朗普总统突然叫停了相关程序，在清晨的Truth Social帖子中宣布，克莱顿的确认听证会不会在周三进行。
尽管特朗普拥有极大权力，但他无法自行取消国会山的听证会。但知情人士告诉福克斯新闻数字频道，“没有证人的话，听证会很难开展”。
这场大概率被推迟的听证会举行之际，正值民主党数周来对特朗普任命的该职位临时人选——地产商后裔、联邦住房金融局局长比尔·普尔特尔——的抗议声不断。
克莱顿目前担任纽约南区联邦检察官，这一职位被认为是数十个联邦岗位中最具影响力的之一，历任检察官包括鲁迪·朱利安尼和普里特·巴拉拉。
特朗普提名前SEC主席、现任联邦检察官杰伊·克莱顿出任情报总监
杰伊·克莱顿，纽约南区联邦检察官，2026年3月9日在纽约市警方总部举行的新闻发布会上发言，此前涉嫌在纽约市长佐赫兰·曼达尼住所格拉西庄园附近放置简易爆炸装置的嫌疑人被捕。旁侧为纽约警察局局长杰西卡·S·蒂施。（布伦丹·麦克德米德/路透社）
特朗普的尖锐批评者、亚利桑那州民主党参议员马克·凯利周二对记者表示，对普尔特尔的担忧实际上可能有助于克莱顿在出席情报委员会听证会时获得通过。
“[我]希望听到白宫做出保证，比尔·普尔特尔不会接任国家情报总监一职，哪怕是很短一段时间，但我预计不会得到这样的保证，”他说。
凯利表示，普尔特尔在情报界的潜在存在可能成为“推动克莱顿以更快流程获得确认”的“激励因素”。
特朗普任命比尔·普尔特尔为代理国家情报总监
“但要做到这一点，委员会全体成员都必须到场，”他说。
民主党人指责普尔特尔利用联邦住房金融局的权力搞政治，并担心他缺乏情报资质以及被指存在党派偏见，会危及国家情报总监这一职位。
特朗普驳斥了这些指控，称“民主党人”对普尔特尔过分“害怕”。
特朗普为何挑选比尔·普尔特尔领导美国情报机构，尽管批评者质疑其资质
威廉·普尔特尔，联邦住房金融局局长，2026年4月22日在华盛顿特区联邦住房金融局总部举行的新闻发布会上发言。（埃里克·李/彭博社 via 盖蒂图片社）
与此同时，在共和党占微弱多数的参议院中，克莱顿的履历预计会让民主党更容易接受。
尽管克莱顿也并非来自情报界，但他拥有的检察经验可能会让一些批评者感到安心。
作为纽约南区联邦检察官的最高负责人，克莱顿曾监督涉及暴力犯罪、毒品贩运、华尔街相关执法以及国家安全事务的案件，且未像特朗普其他提名者那样引发公众争议。
参议院推动重新授权美国间谍权力的努力因特朗普的有争议决定受阻
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参议院多数党领袖、南达科他州议员约翰·图恩表示，克莱顿在纽约南区的工作确实涉及情报事务。
“杰伊·克莱顿是一位极为合格的人选，能够出任新一任国家情报总监。我们期待本周完成对他的审批。情报委员会主席卡顿将……明天举行他的确认听证会……希望能在本周晚些时候将他的提名提交全院表决。”
谈及民主党对特朗普另一项提名设置的阻挠，图恩指出，快速推进提名需要少数党议员的合作。
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目前尚不清楚克莱顿的确认听证会将在何时重新安排，也不清楚民主党是否会配合加快其提名进程的努力。
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查尔斯·克赖茨是福克斯新闻数字频道的记者。
他于2013年加入福克斯新闻，担任撰稿人和制作助理。
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Trump DNI pick braces for Senate grilling as temporary stand-in fuels Dem pressure
June 17, 2026 6:00am EDT / Fox News
Sen. Mark Kelly says worries about the FHA administrator could push Clayton’s nomination on a faster timeline
By Charles Creitz, Fox News
Published June 17, 2026 6:00am EDT | Updated June 17, 2026 7:27am EDT
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6398173040112 Trump nominates Jay Clayton for National Intelligence Director
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Former Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Chairman Walter “Jay” Clayton was set to face senators at what was expected to be a tense confirmation hearing to become director of national intelligence Wednesday. But President Donald Trump abruptly halted the proceedings, declaring in an early morning Truth Social post that Clayton’s confirmation hearing would not move forward Wednesday.
While Trump commands a great deal of authority, he can’t cancel a hearing on the Hill on his own. But, sources familiar with the matter told Fox News Digital that it’d be “hard to have a hearing without a witness.”
The presumably postponed hearing had been set against the backdrop of’ Democrats’ weeks-long uproar over President Donald Trump’s temporary pick for the job — homebuilder scion and Federal Housing Finance Agency Director Bill Pulte.
Clayton is currently serving as the U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York, which is considered the most prominent of the dozens of national posts – with alumni ranging from Rudy Giuliani to Preet Bharara.
TRUMP NOMINATES JAY CLAYTON, FORMER SEC CHAIRMAN, CURRENT US ATTORNEY, AS INTELLIGENCE DIRECTOR
Jay Clayton, U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York, speaks next to Jessica S. Tisch, New York Police Department commissioner, during a press conference at NYPD headquarters following the arrest of suspects charged with igniting IEDs near Gracie Mansion, the home of New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani, in New York City on March 9, 2026.(Brendan McDermid/Reuters)
Sen. Mark Kelly, D-Ariz., a top Trump critic, told reporters Tuesday that concerns over Pulte could actually help push Clayton through once he appears before the Intelligence Committee.
“[I] would love to hear some reassurance from the White House that Bill Pulte is not going to take over as DNI, even for a very short period of time, but that I don’t anticipate that coming,” he said.
Kelly said that Pulte looming over the intelligence community might be an “incentive” to move Clayton through “on a faster timeline.”
TRUMP NAMES BILL PULTE ACTING DIRECTOR OF NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE
“But to do that, we have to have everybody in the committee,” he said.
Democrats have accused Pulte of playing politics with his powers at FHFA and worry that his lack of intel credentials and alleged partisanship endanger the role of DNI.
Trump dismissed such claims, saying “Dumocrats” are inordinately “afraid” of Pulte.
WHY TRUMP PICKED BILL PULTE TO LEAD US INTELLIGENCE AS CRITICS QUESTION HIS QUALIFICATIONS
William Pulte, director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency, speaks at a news conference at FHFA headquarters in Washington, D.C., on April 22, 2026.(Eric Lee/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
Clayton, meanwhile, is expected to come before Congress with a resume that may be easier for Democrats to digest in the narrow-GOP-majority upper chamber.
While Clayton also doesn’t come from the intel community, he does have the prosecutorial chops some critics may be assuaged by.
As SDNY’s top federal prosecutor, Clayton has overseen cases involving violent crime, drug trafficking, Wall Street-related enforcement and national security matters, while avoiding public controversy of other Trump picks.
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Senate Majority Leader John Thune of South Dakota said that Clayton’s role as SDNY does crossover into intelligence matters.
“Jay Clayton is an eminently qualified individual to become the new director of national intelligence. And so we are looking forward to processing him this week. Intelligence Committee Chairman Cotton will be … holding his confirmation hearing tomorrow… and hopefully reporting him out later in the week.”
Returning to concerns over Democrat roadblocks for another Trump pick, Thune noted it would take cooperation of the minority party to fast-track the nomination.
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It remains unclear when Clayton’s confirmation hearing will be rescheduled or whether Democrats will cooperate with efforts to move his nomination quickly.
Fox News’ Tyler Olson contributed to this report.
Charles Creitz is a reporter for Fox News Digital.
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Charles is a Pennsylvania native and graduated from Temple University with a B.A. in Broadcast Journalism. Story tips can be sent to charles.creitz@fox.com.
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