2026-07-15T11:02:17.953Z / 路透社
- 内容提要
- 议员计划就针对《纽约时报》记者的传票事宜质询克莱顿
- 特朗普上月推迟克莱顿的提名听证会，以向国会施压推动选民身份证明法案
- 两党多名议员都急于让克莱顿接替代理国家情报总监比尔·普尔特尔
华盛顿7月15日路透电 —— 总统唐纳德·特朗普提名的美国最高情报官员杰伊·克莱顿将于周三出席被推迟的提名听证会，议员们表示，他们计划就克莱顿在现任曼哈顿联邦检察官职务期间发出传票传唤《纽约时报》记者一事对他进行质询。
这位共和党籍总统上月突然推迟克莱顿的提名听证会，试图迫使国会通过一项严格的选民身份证明法案，此举让克莱顿的提名确认前景蒙上阴影。
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这项被称为《SAVE法案》的投票相关法案目前仍在国会停滞，未能获得参议院通过所需的支持票。尽管美国政府称该法案是为了保护选举安全，但投票权组织表示，该法案将剥夺数百万无法便捷获取护照和出生证明的美国人的投票权。
在特朗普采取这一行动之前，民主党人大体上似乎愿意确认克莱顿的提名，希望迅速替换代理国家情报总监比尔·普尔特尔。普尔特尔是特朗普的亲密盟友，此前曾担任联邦住房金融局局长，缺乏国家安全相关经验。普尔特尔于今年5月接替的前任则已辞职。
然而，克莱顿上周五发出传票，要求多名《纽约时报》记者在联邦大陪审团面前作证，原因是这些记者报道了涉及特朗普新获卡塔尔捐赠的空军一号的安全担忧问题，这一做法引发了民主党议员的担忧。
该报将此举描述为特朗普恐吓记者行动的“非同寻常的升级”，部分参议员也认同这一观点。
美国司法部发言人在给路透社的一份声明中未确认或否认传票一事，但表示政府虽未针对记者，但担忧有人泄露机密信息。
被传唤的记者
“我认为其中一个问题是，这些针对纽约记者的传票是否在他的管辖权限之内？他对第一修正案有何承诺？”与民主党党团合作的缅因州独立参议员安格斯·金在走廊的简短采访中对路透社表示。
金是将主持此次听证会的情报委员会资深成员，他表示还想了解克莱顿“是否会履行任何情报人员的最基本职责，即如实披露情报所显示的内容，而非只告知包括总统在内的政策制定者希望听到的信息”。
尽管如此，国会民主党人以及部分共和党人都急于将普尔特尔赶下国家情报总监的职位。该职位负责监管美国18个情报机构，并能接触到美国最敏感的机密。
两党持怀疑态度的议员都对普尔特尔缺乏情报工作经验以及他“将政府权力武器化以对抗特朗普认定的政治对手”的名声表示担忧。国会中的共和党议员通常几乎一致支持特朗普的提名。
自上月出任代理职务以来，普尔特尔已宣布多轮裁员计划。
议员们还希望，解除普尔特尔的代理情报总监职务并确认克莱顿的提名，将有助于重启《外国情报监控法》第702条的续签工作。该条款允许执法部门在未经司法授权的情况下收集外国情报。
尽管特朗普所在政党在2024年大选中拿下了白宫、参议院和众议院，特朗普仍不断重复毫无根据的言论，称美国选举系统充斥着欺诈行为。
一名政府官员表示，这位共和党总统已安排周四晚间发表全国讲话，内容涉及新解密的选举调查情报以及白宫所称的投票机漏洞问题。
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US Senate to grill Trump spy nominee Clayton on journalist subpoenas
2026-07-15T11:02:17.953Z / Reuters
Jay Clayton, U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York speaks during a press conference at the New York Police Department headquarters in New York City, U.S., March 9, 2026. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid/File Photo Purchase Licensing Rights, opens new tab
- Summary
- Lawmakers plan to question Clayton over subpoenas targeting New York Times journalists
- Trump delayed Clayton’s hearing last month to pressure Congress on voter identification bill
- Many lawmakers in both parties eager for Clayton to replace acting DNI Bill Pulte
WASHINGTON, July 15 (Reuters) – President Donald Trump’s nominee to be the top U.S. spy, Jay Clayton, appears at his delayed confirmation hearing on Wednesday, and lawmakers said they planned to grill him about his recent subpoenas of New York Times journalists in his current role as the leading U.S. attorney for Manhattan.
The Republican president threw doubt on Clayton’s confirmation as Director of National Intelligence (DNI) last month by ordering the abrupt postponement of his hearing in an effort to force Congress to pass a strict voter identification bill.
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Known as the SAVE Act, the voting measure remains stalled in Congress, where it lacks the support needed to pass the Senate. While the administration has said the legislation is needed to protect election security, voting rights groups say it would disenfranchise millions of Americans who lack ready access to passports and birth certificates.
Before Trump’s action, Democrats had seemed largely amenable to confirming Clayton, hoping to quickly replace the acting DNI, Bill Pulte, a close Trump ally who previously had been director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency and lacked national security experience. Pulte replaced , who resigned from her job in May.
Clayton raised concerns among Democratic lawmakers, however, after issuing subpoenas on Friday ordering several New York Times journalists to testify before a federal grand jury after they reported on security concerns involving Trump’s new Qatari-donated Air Force One.
The newspaper described the move as “an extraordinary escalation” in Trump’s efforts to intimidate journalists, a view echoed by some senators.
In a statement to Reuters, a Department of Justice spokesperson did not confirm or deny the subpoenas but said the administration, while not targeting reporters, was concerned about people leaking classified information.
JOURNALISTS SUBPOENAED
“I think one of the questions is what about these subpoenas for New York reporters that is in his jurisdiction? What is his commitment to the First Amendment?” Senator Angus King of Maine, an independent who caucuses with Democrats, told Reuters in a brief hallway interview.
King, a senior member of the intelligence panel that will conduct the hearing, said he also wanted to know whether Clayton “will do the most fundamental job of any intelligence person, which is to tell the truth about what the intelligence shows, rather than what the policymaker, including the president, wants to hear.”
Still, congressional Democrats — and some Republicans — are eager to move Pulte out of the DNI role, which oversees the 18 U.S. intelligence agencies and has access to the nation’s most sensitive secrets.
Skeptical lawmakers from both parties have expressed concern about Pulte’s lack of intelligence experience and reputation for “weaponizing” his power within the government against Trump’s perceived political foes. Republicans in Congress typically back Trump nominees nearly unanimously.
Since assuming his acting position last month, Pulte has announced repeated rounds of staff reductions.
Lawmakers also hope the removal of Pulte as acting spy chief and confirmation of Clayton would help lead to the renewal of Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, or FISA, which allows law enforcement to collect foreign intelligence without judicial authorization.
Trump continues to repeat unfounded assertions that the U.S. election system is riddled with fraud, despite his party’s capture of the White House, Senate and House of Representatives in the 2024 elections.
The Republican president has scheduled a national address on Thursday night about newly declassified intelligence on election investigations and what the White House says are voting machine vulnerabilities, an administration official said.
Reporting by Patricia Zengerle; Editing by Don Durfee and Edmund Klamann
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