Senate sets new date for Jay Clayton's confirmation hearing after Trump derailed the previous one

Source: NBC News

July 7, 2026, 11:31 PM EDT / Updated July 8, 2026, 1:08 PM EDT


The Senate Intelligence Committee scheduled a new confirmation hearing Tuesday for Jay Clayton’s nomination to be director of national intelligence after President Donald Trump upended the initial date. The panel plans to meet July 15, nearly a month after the earlier hearing was postponed.

Trump last month nominated Clayton, who has been serving as U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York, and the Senate committee scheduled a confirmation hearing for June 17. Trump, however, demanded that the Intelligence Committee abandon the hearing just hours before it was set to take place over disagreements with Democrats.

Trump said at the time that Clayton’s nomination should not move forward until James McDonald, a partner at top law firm Sullivan & Cromwell and a former federal prosecutor, was confirmed to replace Clayton in New York. The White House does not appear to have sent McDonald’s nomination to the Senate yet.

The White House did not immediately respond to a request for comment about Clayton’s new hearing date and whether Trump had any objections to it.

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