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华盛顿——特朗普总统周四宣布，他提名现任美国纽约南区联邦检察官杰伊·克莱顿出任下一任国家情报总监，旨在打破国会山的僵局，该僵局正阻碍一项关键间谍工具的延期。
总统在Truth Social平台的一篇帖子中宣布了这一决定，并敦促参议院“尽快”确认克莱顿的提名。
“全球法律界几乎无人能达到杰伊这样的受尊重程度。我敦促美国参议院尽快确认杰伊的提名，”总统写道。克莱顿曾于2017年至2020年担任美国证券交易委员会主席。
杰伊·克莱顿，纽约南区联邦检察官，2026年3月9日周一在纽约的一场新闻发布会上聆听发言。赛斯·温尼格 / 美联社
特朗普先生提名的代理国家情报总监比尔·普尔特遭到国会民主党人和部分共和党人的强烈批评。这场争端导致《外国情报监控法》第702条规定的无证搜查授权延期工作陷入停滞，该授权将于本周末到期。
民主党人拒绝同意任何延期，只要普尔特即将担任该职位。总统表示，普尔特将于6月19日接替图尔西·加巴德，而他宣布提名克莱顿并未改变这一时间表。
参议院多数党领袖约翰·图恩对这一举措表示赞赏，他告诉记者，克莱顿“以极其能干的管理者身份拥有极佳声誉”。这位南达科他州共和党人表示，他希望这一举措能帮助结束围绕《外国情报监控法》的僵局，并承诺将尽快完成确认程序：“我不知道‘现实可行’的标准是什么，但我们将竭尽所能。”
但参议院情报委员会民主党最高成员、弗吉尼亚州参议员马克·沃纳向记者表示，他反对在普尔特仍将担任代理国家情报总监的情况下延长该法案，不过他补充说自己对克莱顿“极为敬重”。
“如果图尔西·加巴德能留任到我们完成他的确认程序，这或许是一条出路，”沃纳说。
这位弗吉尼亚州民主党人质疑白宫解决僵局的诚意，他指出众议院已经离开华盛顿，目前无法批准任何延期法案。
“我完全不明白他为什么要等到众议院休会后才行动，”他说。
参议院少数党领袖、纽约州民主党人查克·舒默也呼应了这一观点，称普尔特“必须下台”。
周四早些时候，众议院一项短期《外国情报监控法》延期提案未能获得足够支持，民主党人将此归咎于普尔特的提名。参议院共和党人也曾尝试通过一致同意程序通过短期延期法案，但长期以来一直寻求改革第702条的俄勒冈州民主党参议员罗恩·怀登提出了反对。
总统此前曾表示，他正在面试五名候选人以担任长期国家情报总监一职。该职位负责监督美国18个情报机构。
克莱顿于2025年8月获确认出任曼哈顿联邦检察官。该办公室被认为是美国最负盛名、最受关注的检察官办公室之一，以起诉涉及公共腐败、内幕交易和其他金融犯罪的白领案件而闻名。
该办公室目前正在调查多起与伊朗相关的政府行动前后石油和预测市场异常交易有关的案件。该办公室还牵头对委内瑞拉前领导人尼古拉斯·马杜罗提起诉讼。
克莱顿上任时并无刑法相关经验。作为沙利文·克伦威尔律师事务所的律师，他专门从事融资和并购业务。除了短暂担任联邦检察官的经历外，目前尚不清楚他在国家安全事务方面有何经验，而根据法律规定，这是出任国家情报总监的必要条件。
去年11月，在特朗普先生在Truth Social平台呼吁展开调查后，时任司法部长帕姆·邦迪表示，克莱顿将调查已故性犯罪者杰弗里·爱泼斯坦与知名民主党人的关联。总统的这一指令正值政府面临发布完整爱泼斯坦档案的压力之际。目前尚不清楚该倡议是否有任何实际进展。
最近，克莱顿还对加州初选漫长的计票过程提出了质疑。
“在选举诚信方面，我们表现得极为糟糕，”克莱顿本周在接受CNBC采访时表示。“美国民众质疑这一点是完全合理的。”
特朗普先生表示，普尔特可能会“发现一些关于选举被操纵的真相”。这番言论值得注意，因为加巴德今年早些时候曾出席联邦调查局对佐治亚州富尔顿县一个选举中心的搜查行动。目前尚不清楚克莱顿若获确认，是否会继续开展此类调查。
Trump nominating prosecutor Jay Clayton to be next director of national intelligence
2026-06-11 14:14 EDT / CBS News
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Updated on: June 11, 2026 / 3:32 PM EDT / CBS News
Washington — President Trump on Thursday announced he’s nominating Jay Clayton, the current U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York, to be the next director of national intelligence, aiming to end a stalemate on Capitol Hill that is holding up the extension of a key spy tool.
The president announced the move in a post on Truth Social, and urged the Senate to confirm Clayton “as soon as possible.”
“Few people anywhere in the Legal Community are respected at the level of Jay. I encourage the United States Senate to confirm Jay as soon as possible,” the president wrote. Clayton served as the head of the Securities and Exchange Commission from 2017 to 2020.
Jay Clayton, U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York, listens during a news conference in New York, Monday, March 9, 2026. Seth Wenig / AP
Mr. Trump’s pick for acting director of national intelligence, Bill Pulte, has attracted strong criticism from Democrats and some Republicans on in Congress. The dispute has stalled work on an extension of a warrantless surveillance authority under Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, which is set to lapse this weekend.
Democrats are refusing to agree to an extension as long as Pulte is set to assume the role. The president said Pulte will take over for Tulsi Gabbard on June 19, and his announcement of Clayton’s nomination did not change that timeline.
Senate Majority Leader John Thune applauded the move, telling reporters that Clayton has “a great reputation of being an incredibly competent manager.” The South Dakota Republican said he’s hopeful that the move will help bring an end to the standoff over FISA and pledged to confirm him as quickly as possible: “I don’t know what ‘realistic’ is, but we’re going to probe the limits of it.”
But Sen. Mark Warner of Virginia, the top Democrat on the Senate Intelligence Committee, indicated to reporters that he opposes extending FISA with Pulte still set to become acting director of national intelligence, though he noted that he has “great respect” for Clayton.
“If there was a way that Tulsi Gabbard will stay in her position until we could get him confirmed, that could be a way out,” Warner said.
The Virginia Democrat questioned the White House’s seriousness about the impasse, noting that the House has already left Washington and would be unable to approve an extension at this hour.
“Why he waited until after the House broke, I have no idea,” he said.
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, a New York Democrat, echoed that Pulte “has got to go.”
An effort to approve a short-term FISA extension failed to secure enough support in the House earlier Thursday, with Democrats citing the Pulte pick. Senate Republicans also attempted to approve short-term extensions by unanimous consent, but Democratic Sen. Ron Wyden of Oregon, who has been seeking reforms to Section 702, objected.
The president previously said he was interviewing five people to be the long-term DNI. The role is responsible for overseeing the nation’s 18 intelligence agencies.
Clayton was confirmed as the U.S. attorney for Manhattan in August 2025. The office is considered one of the most prestigious and high-profile in the country, and is known for its prosecution of white-collar cases involving public corruption, insider trading and other financial crimes.
The office is currently investigating a number of cases involving suspicious trades in the oil and prediction markets timed with various government actions against Iran. It is also the office that is leading the prosecution against Venezuela’s former leader Nicolás Maduro.
Clayton came into the role without experience in criminal law. As an attorney at the firm Sullivan & Cromwell, he specialized in capital-raising and mergers and acquisitions. Apart from his brief tenure as U.S. attorney, it is unclear what experience he has in national security matters, which is a requirement under the law to serve as DNI.
In November, then-Attorney General Pam Bondi said Clayton would investigate the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein’s connections to prominent Democrats, after Mr. Trump called for an investigation on Truth Social. The president’s directive came amid pressure on the administration to release the full Epstein files. It’s unclear what, if anything, from the initiative.
More recently, Clayton has also questioned the lengthy vote counting process in California’s primaries.
“On the integrity side, we’re doing an absolutely terrible job,” Clayton told CNBC this week. “And the American people are right to question it.”
Mr. Trump said Pulte may “find out some things about the rigged elections,” a notable comment after Gabbard attended an FBI search of an election center in Fulton County, Georgia, earlier this year. It’s not clear if Clayton, if confirmed, would continue such probes.
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