Trump’s intelligence pick pressed on 2020 election, defends handling of New York Times subpoenas
President Donald Trump’s nominee for director of national intelligence faced pointed pushback from Senate Democrats Wednesday over his answers about the 2020 election results and broader election security concerns ahead of this year’s midterms.
Jay Clayton, who currently serves as U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York, told lawmakers on the Senate Intelligence Committee that former president Joe Biden was “certified” president in 2020 after the election commenced, but would not outright say Biden won when asked multiple times.
“I’m not an election denier,” Clayton contended in the hearing. But the answer was not satisfactory for multiple senators who got into back-and-forths with Clayton over his responses.
“You refuse to answer a basic question about who won a presidential election, but you ask to lead America’s intelligence community?” said Sen. Jon Ossoff, D-Ga. “Isn’t it humiliating to be unable to answer this question, to have to indulge the...
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