2026年6月19日 美国东部时间13:19 / 福克斯新闻频道
特朗普将杰伊·克莱顿的提名与批准杰米·麦克唐纳出任纽约南区联邦检察官挂钩
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特朗普发帖引发国会山混乱，DNI提名听证会被迫取消
总统唐纳德·特朗普取消杰伊·克莱顿国家情报总监提名听证会的决定引发了国会山混乱。特朗普将该听证会与批准杰米·麦克唐纳出任纽约南区联邦检察官挂钩，招致参议员们的不满。
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他们不知所措。
周三美国东部时间接近凌晨4点时，特朗普总统出人意料地让美国参议院全体议员措手不及。他在Truth Social平台发帖宣布，将“取消参议院为其国家情报总监提名候选人杰伊·克莱顿举行的听证会”。此外，总统表示，他将“暂停杰伊·克莱顿的提名流程，直至杰米·麦克唐纳获批准出任联邦检察官”。
如果获得确认，克莱顿将辞去纽约南区联邦检察官职务。而总统提名麦克唐纳接任的正是这一职位。
特朗普称：DNI提名听证会暂停，直至美国检察官提名获得确认
2026年3月9日，纽约市市长佐赫兰·马姆达尼官邸格拉西宅邸附近发生简易爆炸装置被引爆案，嫌犯被捕后，时任纽约南区联邦检察官杰伊·克莱顿与纽约警察局局长杰西卡·S·蒂施在纽约警局总部举行新闻发布会。（路透社/布伦丹·麦克德米德）
那这场听证会会如何处理？
议员和助手们周三清晨得知消息后乱作一团。毕竟，特朗普是总统，但他无权取消参议院的听证会。
“没错，我认为这不是他能说了算的，”情报委员会成员、新墨西哥州民主党参议员马丁·海因里希说道。
一名资深消息人士告诉福克斯新闻，他们预计克莱顿的确认听证会仍将按计划进行。另一名消息人士则表示，听证会的命运“尚未确定”。
一方面，议员和助手们首先要消化眼前发生的一切。总统是要撤回克莱顿的提名吗？他是说不允许克莱顿出席作证吗？这位行政部门首脑真的认为自己可以干预国会听证会吗？还是说总统在动用政治影响力，试探参议院共和党人的顺从程度，看他们是否会主动取消听证会？
那么，克莱顿的听证会到底是开还是不开？
“我们今天会举行情报委员会确认听证会吗？”当参议院德克森办公大楼听证会的后门打开时，我本人（记者）询问了委员会主席、阿肯色州共和党参议员汤姆·科顿。
科顿沉默不语。
独家报道：共和党参议员科顿将与处境艰难的特朗普国防提名人选会面，质疑声四起
2025年4月30日，参议员汤姆·科顿在国会山参加投票，他表示伊朗与美国的战争将持续数周，因为美国限制了伊朗的进攻能力。（比尔·克拉克/CQ-罗尔Call公司通过盖蒂图片社拍摄）
“你知道答案吗？”我追问道。
“你认为总统越权了吗？他说要取消听证会？”我继续追问。
那时科顿已经退到门后，门关上了。
“我从未见过这样的事情，”俄勒冈州民主党参议员罗恩·怀登说道，他是参议院历史上在情报委员会任职时间最长的议员之一。“其他人都得先猜上一阵子了。”
这就是华盛顿的瞬息万变。
“这里的情况变化快得很，查德，”北达科他州共和党参议员约翰·霍文打趣道。
但稍晚些时候，科顿终于在X平台发帖表态，称听证会将按计划进行。这位阿肯色州共和党人随后再次出现在走廊里，走向电梯厅。
“明确一下，尽管总统说了那些话，你们还是会按计划举行听证会，并且预计杰伊·克莱顿会到场吗？”我问道。
科顿面无表情地直视着绿色的电梯门。
“查德，你可以看我们的声明，”科顿语气生硬地说道。
但一小时后，在总统阻止克莱顿作证后，科顿取消了听证会。
“令人遗憾的是，总统已指示杰伊·克莱顿不要出席今天的确认听证会，”科顿在X平台的新声明中说道。“虽然今天的听证会不幸推迟，但我期待在不久的将来推进他的确认程序。”
这一令人震惊的反转让所有人都试图弄清发生了什么，以及接下来可能会发生什么。
1月起加快确认特朗普提名人选的进程启动
2026年6月17日，在法国东部埃维昂举行的G7峰会期间，美国总统唐纳德·特朗普出席晨间工作会议，主题为“重振平衡、包容和可持续的经济增长，造福全体人民”，与会方包括G7国家、伙伴国、国际货币基金组织和经合组织。（吕多维克·马兰 / 法新社通过盖蒂图片社拍摄）
“我不确定杰伊·克莱顿只是被推迟提名还是被撤回，”情报委员会副主席、弗吉尼亚州民主党参议员马克·华纳若有所思地说。“我想知道杰伊·克莱顿本人是否知道他是被推迟还是被撤回了。”
数周前，两党达成了一项脆弱的协议，以重新授权《外国情报监控法》第702条。情报界认为，该项目是美国 arsenal中用于追踪和打击潜在恐怖主义的强大工具。国会数月来一直推迟全面续约。
但就在两院所即将重新授权该项目之际，特朗普总统宣布将任命住房事务专员比尔·普尔泰担任代理国家情报总监。民主党人对普尔泰表示反对，指出他没有情报工作经验。此外，他们认为普尔泰是个政治打手，会肆意践踏美国的情报机构。
因此，民主党人撤回了对FISA妥协方案的支持。
大多数共和党人对普尔泰也并非完全满意。那些担忧国家安全的议员推动阻止普尔泰进入国家情报总监办公室。这就是为什么科顿如此迅速地安排了克莱顿的确认听证会。当时人们认为，参议院可以在听证会结束后，在本周晚些时候或下周初在全院会议上确认克莱顿的提名。
快速确认克莱顿的提名至关重要。在该项目的国会授权一周前到期后，这种情况将为民主党人投票重新授权《外国情报监控法》第702条铺平道路。
这就是当时的计划。至少在本周总统引发克莱顿提名听证会的风波之前是这样。
“又一场特朗普的胜利被一时冲动搅黄了，”北达科他州共和党参议员凯文·克莱默抱怨道。“太令人沮丧了。”
特朗普为何挑选比尔·普尔泰领导美国情报机构，批评者质疑其资质
2025年4月1日，北达科他州共和党参议员凯文·克莱默在华盛顿国会山接受记者采访，此前他参加了共和党参议院每周政策午餐会。（凯拉·巴特科夫斯基/盖蒂图片社拍摄）
但等等，还有更多。
特朗普总统在凌晨的Truth Social帖子中又抛出了一个烫手山芋——尤其是如果你原本以为总统会让国会在参议院确认克莱顿后迅速重新授权FISA的话。
“为了增加一点悬念，但也是为了国家和我国人民的利益，我不会批准FISA，除非《拯救美国法案》同时通过，”特朗普说道。
他补充说，他的计划是让普尔泰“继续担任代理国家情报总监”，并宣称“共和党人掉进了陷阱”。
《拯救美国法案》是特朗普总统2026年立法议程的核心。该法案要求投票者提供公民身份证明。然而，该法案此前两次表决甚至未能获得参议院50票赞成。
“我们必须通过《拯救美国法案》，将FISA的通过与该法案的先行通过挂钩，这将是一件很棒的事情，”犹他州共和党参议员迈克·李说道。
其他参议院共和党人则基于《拯救美国法案》的立法历史持更现实的态度。
“你不可能总能得到你想要的东西，”路易斯安那州共和党参议员约翰·肯尼迪说道。“我的意思是，我生日想要一辆保时捷，但我得不到。”
特朗普、图恩就选民身份证最后通牒发生争执，共和党内部对前进道路仍存分歧
2025年4月，路易斯安那州共和党参议员约翰·肯尼迪在参议院司法小组委员会听证会上对记者表示，一次机密简报会强化了他的观点：如果伊朗领导人获得核武器，他们将使用核武器。（伊丽莎白·弗朗茨 / 路透社）
民主党人对国家安全问题怒不可遏，而共和党人则左右为难。
“昨天我们还有一条前进的道路（关于FISA），今天就没有了，”亚利桑那州民主党参议员马克·凯利说道。“这完全变成了一场混乱，现在该由白宫来找出解决办法了。”
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没人知道克莱顿接下来会怎样。或者麦克唐纳。或者FISA。而且外界高度怀疑《拯救美国法案》能有任何进展。因此，一切都陷入了国会的冷冻状态。
无论如何，克莱顿的确认听证会最终并未举行。这类听证会属于立法部门的职责范围。但到当天结束时，毫无疑问是谁取消了听证会。
查德·珀格拉姆目前担任福克斯新闻频道（FNC）首席国会通讯员。他于2007年9月加入该电视台，总部位于华盛顿特区。
Reporter’s Notebook: How Trump’s surprise move on DNI confirmation upended key Senate deal on FISA
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Trump linked Jay Clayton’s nomination to approval of Jamie McDonald as U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York
By Chad Pergram, Fox News
Capitol Hill chaos after Trump post leads to cancellation of DNI nominee hearing
President Donald Trump’s desire to cancel Jay Clayton’s DNI confirmation hearing ignitesd Capitol Hill chaos. Trump linked the hearing to the approval of Jamie McDonald as U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York, causing frustration among senators.
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They didn’t know what to do.
Just before 4 a.m. ET on Wednesday, President Trump blindsided everyone in the U.S. Senate. In a post on Truth Social, the president declared he was “cancelling the Senate hearing” for his Director of National Intelligence nominee Jay Clayton. Moreover, the President said he would withhold Clayton’s nomination from “going forward until Jamie McDonald is approved to be U.S. Attorney.”
If confirmed, Clayton would vacate his post as U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York. That’s the slot for which the President is nominating McDonald.
TRUMP SAYS SENATE HEARING ON DNI NOMINEE IS CANCELED UNTIL US ATTORNEY REPLACEMENT CONFIRMED
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.(REUTERS/Brendan McDermid)
So what would happen with the hearing?
Lawmakers and aides scrambled as they woke to the news Wednesday morning. After all, Trump is the president. He doesn’t have the authority to cancel a Senate hearing.
“Yeah. I don’t think that’s his call,” said Sen. Martin Heinrich, D-N.M., a member of the Intelligence Committee.
One senior source told Fox News they presumed that Clayton’s confirmation hearing would forge ahead. Another told Fox the fate of the hearing was “undetermined.”
On one hand, lawmakers and aides had to first digest what was happening. Was the President withdrawing Clayton’s nomination? Was he saying he just wasn’t allowing Clayton to testify? Did the head of the executive branch really believe he could bigfoot a congressional hearing? Or was this the president flexing his political muscle, testing Senate Republicans to see how compliant they might be with his intimation — and potentially cancel the hearing on their own?
So was Clayton’s hearing on or off?
“Are we going to have an Intelligence Committee confirmation hearing today?” yours truly asked panel Chairman Tom Cotton, R-Ark., as he slid behind a backdoor to a hearing in the Dirksen Senate Office Building.
Silence from Cotton.
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“Do you know the answer?” I followed up.
“Do you think the President overstepped his bounds, saying he was canceling the hearing?” I continued.
By that point, Cotton was well behind the doorway and it closed.
“I have never seen anything quite like this,” said Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., one of the longest-serving members on the Intelligence Committee in Senate history. “Everybody else is going to have to keep guessing for a while.”
It was Washington whiplash.
“Things change around here pretty quick, Chad,” quipped Sen. John Hoeven, R-N.D.
But a bit later, Cotton finally weighed-in when he posted on X that the hearing would proceed. The Arkansas Republican then materialized again in the hallway, heading for an elevator bank.
“To be clear, you will proceed with the hearing and you expect Jay Clayton to be there despite what the President said?” I asked.
A steel-faced Cotton stared straight ahead at the green elevator door.
“Chad, you have our statement,” said a terse Cotton.
But an hour later, Cotton ditched the hearing after the President blocked Clayton from testifying.
“It’s regrettable that the President has directed Jay Clayton not to appear at his confirmation hearing today,” said Cotton in a new statement on X. “While today’s hearing is now unfortunately postponed, I look forward to proceeding with his confirmation in the near future.”
The stunning reversal left everyone trying to grasp what happened. And what might be next.
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“I am not sure whether Jay Clayton has simply been postponed or withdrawn,” mused Sen. Mark Warner, D-Va., the Vice Chairman of the Intelligence Committee. “I wonder whether Jay Clayton knows whether he has been postponed or withdrawn.”
Democrats and Republicans brokered a fragile agreement weeks ago to renew FISA Section 702. The intelligence community argues that program is the powerful tool in the American arsenal to track and combat potential terrorism. Congress repeatedly punted a full renewal for months.
But with both bodies on the precipice of reauthorizing the program, President Trump announced he would install housing czar Bill Pulte as interim DNI. Democrats balked at Pulte, noting he had no intelligence experience. Plus, they viewed him as a political hack who would run roughshod over America’s intelligence apparatus.
So Democrats pulled their support from the FISA compromise.
Most Republicans weren’t exactly enamored with Pulte, either. And those worried about the nation’s security pushed to block Pulte from entering the DNI’s office. That’s why Cotton scheduled Clayton’s confirmation hearing so quickly. It was thought that the Senate might be able to pivot after the hearing and confirm Clayton on the floor late this week or early next.
Rapid confirmation of Clayton was essential. Such a scenario would unlock Democrats’ votes to reauthorize FISA Section 702 after the program’s congressional blessing expired a week ago.
That was the plan. At least until the president initiated the firestorm over Clayton’s confirmation hearing this week.
“Another Trump victory gets upended by an impulse,” vented Sen. Kevin Cramer, R-N.D. “It’s frustrating.”
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Sen. Kevin Cramer, R-N.D., spoke to reporters at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., on April 1, 2025, before the weekly Republican Senate policy luncheon.(Kayla Bartkowski/Getty Images)
But wait. There’s more.
President Trump inserted another chestnut — or hot potato — into his pre-dawn Truth Social screed. Especially if you thought the president was going to make it easy for Congress to hastily re-up FISA as soon as the Senate confirmed Clayton.
“To add a slight bit of intrigue but, for the Good of the Nation, and the People of our Country, I will not approve FISA without THE SAVE AMERICA ACT going along with it,” Trump said.
He added that his plan was for Pulte to “remain as the Acting Director of National Intelligence” and declared that “Republicans fell into a trap.”
The SAVE America Act is the touchstone of President Trump’s 2026 legislative agenda. It requires proof of citizenship to vote. However, the bill has never garnered even 50 yeas in the Senate on two previous test votes.
“We’ve got to pass the SAVE America Act and conditioning passage of FISA on the prior passage of SAVE America would be a great thing,” said Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah.
Other Senate Republicans were more realistic, based on the legislative history of the SAVE America Act.
“You can’t always get what you want,” said Sen. John Kennedy, R-La. “I mean, I want a Porsche for my birthday. I’m not going to get it.”
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Sen. John Kennedy, R-La., said a classified briefing reinforced his view that Iran’s leaders would use a nuclear weapon if they obtained one during a Senate Judiciary subcommittee hearing in Washington, D.C.(Elizabeth Frantz / Reuters)
Democrats seethed about national security as Republicans squirmed.
“We had a path forward as of yesterday (on FISA) and today we don’t,” said Sen. Mark Kelly, D-Ariz. “This has become a complete debacle and now it’s up to the White House to figure out a path forward here.”
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No one knows what’s next for Clayton. Or McDonald. Or FISA. And there’s high skepticism anything happens on the SAVE America Act. So it’s all in a cryogenic Congressional freeze.
Regardless, Clayton’s confirmation hearing never happened. Such hearings are the responsibility of the legislative branch. But by the end of the day, there was no question who canceled it.
Chad Pergram currently serves as Chief Congressional Correspondent for FOX News Channel (FNC). He joined the network in September 2007 and is based out of Washington, D.C.
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