Senate Panel Advances Jay Clayton 9-8 for DNI, Reviving Path to FISA 702 Renewal
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Updated · Fox News · Jul 21
Senate Panel Advances Jay Clayton 9-8 for DNI, Reviving Path to FISA 702 Renewal
3 articles · Updated · Fox News · Jul 21
Summary
A 9-8 Senate Intelligence Committee vote sent Jay Clayton's DNI nomination to the full Senate, moving Trump's intelligence chief pick closer to confirmation.
Section 702 of FISA, inactive since June, could now move again because Democrats had stalled reauthorization after Trump installed Bill Pulte as acting DNI.
Clayton still faces a difficult floor vote after Democrats pressed him on Trump's 2020 election claims and his delayed testimony, which he dismissed as "theater."
The nomination fight grew out of Trump's push to pair a Southern District of New York replacement and the SAVE America Act with must-pass surveillance legislation.
If confirmed, Clayton would replace the interim arrangement that followed Tulsi Gabbard's departure and could help restore a counterterrorism authority used to disrupt plots.