Senate Intelligence Committee leaders won’t go ahead with Jay Clayton’s Senate confirmation hearing Wednesday afternoon to become director of national intelligence after President Donald Trump’s call for it to be scrapped.
Senate Intelligence Chair Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas) posted on X it was “regrettable” that he had to cancel the hearing after Trump directed his DNI pick to skip the hearing.
“Mr. Clayton is a patriot and a highly qualified nominee, as the president has said repeatedly. While today’s hearing is now unfortunately postponed, I look forward to proceeding with his confirmation in the near future,” Cotton said.