President Donald Trump said on Thursday he ​is nominating federal prosecutor Jay Clayton ‌to be the next director of national intelligence, following pushback from U.S. lawmakers over ​his pick to fill the role ​temporarily.

President Donald Trump announced Thursday that he has chosen Jay Clayton, former chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission, to succeed Tulsi Gabbard as the next director of national intelligence.

President Trump announced Thursday that he'll nominate Jay Clayton, the current U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York, as the permanent Director of National Intelligence. Why it matters: Clayton would replace Trump's soon to be acting director Bill Pulte,

President Donald Trump announced Thursday he’s nominating Jay Clayton, former chair of the Securities and Exchange Commission, as director of national intelligence—amid bipartisan criticism of his appointment of loyalist Bill Pulte to serve in the position temporarily.

President Donald Trump on Thursday said that he is nominating Jay Clayton to become the next permanent director of national intelligence. Clayton is currently the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York,

President Donald Trump says he plans to nominate Jay Clayton, the U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York and a former Securities and Exchange Commission chairman, as director of national

President Donald Trump announced Thursday that he’s nominating Jay Clayton, the US attorney for the Southern District of New York, to be his next director of national intelligence.

The Democratic opposition to Bill Pulte’s intelligence nomination had derailed effort to temporarily reauthorize Section 702 of FISA.