{"id":1345,"date":"2026-06-17T09:37:26","date_gmt":"2026-06-17T09:37:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/trustedmovinggroups.com\/?p=1345"},"modified":"2026-06-17T09:37:26","modified_gmt":"2026-06-17T09:37:26","slug":"trump-delays-jay-claytons-nomination-for-intel-director-in-bid-to-push-congress-on-voting-bill","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/trustedmovinggroups.com\/?p=1345","title":{"rendered":"Trump delays Jay Clayton\u2019s nomination for intel director in bid to push Congress on voting bill"},"content":{"rendered":"

President Donald Trump said Wednesday that he was delaying Jay Clayton\u2019s nomination to lead the U.S. intelligence community in a bid to force Congress to act on a voter ID bill that currently lacks enough support for passage.<\/p>

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In a lengthy overnight post to Truth Social, Trump said that he was canceling a confirmation hearing for Clayton to be his director of national intelligence, which was planned for Wednesday. He issued the post while keeping world leaders waiting for nearly an hour on the final day of the Group of Seven summit in Evian-les-Bains, France.<\/p>

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Trump accused Democrats of reneging on a deal to renew a powerful surveillance tool backed by national security hawks, which had lapsed due to bipartisan anger over Trump\u2019s initial pick for the role, Bill Pulte, who has no national security background.<\/p>

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