{"id":263506,"date":"2026-06-11T18:37:47","date_gmt":"2026-06-11T18:37:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/263506\/"},"modified":"2026-06-11T18:37:47","modified_gmt":"2026-06-11T18:37:47","slug":"trump-picks-manhattan-us-attorney-jay-clayton-to-be-next-dni","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/263506\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump picks Manhattan US Attorney Jay Clayton to be next DNI"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>President Trump has announced his pick to<a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/05\/22\/us-news\/tulsi-gabbard-resigns-as-director-of-national-intelligence\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"> replace Tulsi Gabbard as the next director of national intelligence<\/a>: Manhattan US Attorney Jay Clayton.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFew people anywhere in the Legal Community are respected at the level of Jay,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/truthsocial.com\/@realDonaldTrump\/posts\/116732777898985789\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Trump said on Truth Social.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI encourage the United States Senate to confirm Jay as soon as possible.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1.49926794;display:block\" decoding=\"async\" data-modal-image=\"39647084\" width=\"885\" height=\"590\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/jay-clayton-u-s-attorney-117504681.jpg\" alt=\"Jay Clayton speaks at a podium with a Department of Justice seal, next to an American flag.\" class=\"wp-image-39647084\"  \/>President Trump has selected Manhattan US Attorney Jay Clayton as his nominee for director of national intelligence. Luiz C. Ribeiro for New York Post<\/p>\n<p>Clayton, a former chair of the Securities and Exchange Commission during Trump\u2019s first term, was nominated as lawmakers of both parties criticized the president for his <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/06\/11\/us-news\/house-votes-down-fisa-extension-as-lawmaker-revolt-grows-over-bill-pulte-pick-as-acting-dni\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">appointment of federal housing regulator Bill Pulte to<\/a> replace Gabbard on an acting basis.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\tExplore More\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/06\/11\/us-news\/trump-admin-has-found-146k-migrant-kids-who-went-missing-under-biden-dhs-chief\/\" data-ga4-event=\"{&quot;event_name&quot;:&quot;ux_engagement&quot;,&quot;event_label&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/06\/11\/us-news\/trump-admin-has-found-146k-migrant-kids-who-went-missing-under-biden-dhs-chief\/&quot;,&quot;source_unit&quot;:&quot;Explore More - center&quot;,&quot;source_position&quot;:1}\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1.5;display:block\" width=\"171\" height=\"114\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/doj-charges-migrants-smuggling-children-comp_ac95e2.jpg\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\"  \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/06\/11\/us-news\/trump-admin-has-found-146k-migrant-kids-who-went-missing-under-biden-dhs-chief\/\" class=\"t-color-black\" data-ga4-event=\"{&quot;event_name&quot;:&quot;ux_engagement&quot;,&quot;event_label&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/06\/11\/us-news\/trump-admin-has-found-146k-migrant-kids-who-went-missing-under-biden-dhs-chief\/&quot;,&quot;source_unit&quot;:&quot;Explore More - center&quot;,&quot;source_position&quot;:1}\" data-image-url=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/06\/doj-charges-migrants-smuggling-children-comp_ac95e2.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tTrump admin has found 146K migrant kids who went missing under Biden: DHS chief\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/06\/11\/us-news\/behind-the-scenes-of-white-houses-ufc-octagon-that-trump-boasts-will-host-the-roughest-people\/\" data-ga4-event=\"{&quot;event_name&quot;:&quot;ux_engagement&quot;,&quot;event_label&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/06\/11\/us-news\/behind-the-scenes-of-white-houses-ufc-octagon-that-trump-boasts-will-host-the-roughest-people\/&quot;,&quot;source_unit&quot;:&quot;Explore More - center&quot;,&quot;source_position&quot;:1}\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1.5;display:block\" width=\"171\" height=\"114\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/newspress-collage-qaxpov27a-1781201908043.jpg\" alt=\"An image collage containing 1 images, Image 1 shows A media preview of the UFC &quot;Claw&quot; and octagon fighting ring set up on the South Lawn of the White House\" decoding=\"async\"  \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/06\/11\/us-news\/behind-the-scenes-of-white-houses-ufc-octagon-that-trump-boasts-will-host-the-roughest-people\/\" class=\"t-color-black\" data-ga4-event=\"{&quot;event_name&quot;:&quot;ux_engagement&quot;,&quot;event_label&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/06\/11\/us-news\/behind-the-scenes-of-white-houses-ufc-octagon-that-trump-boasts-will-host-the-roughest-people\/&quot;,&quot;source_unit&quot;:&quot;Explore More - center&quot;,&quot;source_position&quot;:1}\" data-image-url=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/06\/newspress-collage-qaxpov27a-1781201908043.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;1781187529\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tBehind the scenes of White House\u2019s UFC octagon that Trump boasts will host the \u2018roughest people\u2019\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/06\/11\/us-news\/trump-calls-off-more-iran-strikes-claims-us-tehran-peace-deal-has-been-approved\/\" data-ga4-event=\"{&quot;event_name&quot;:&quot;ux_engagement&quot;,&quot;event_label&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/06\/11\/us-news\/trump-calls-off-more-iran-strikes-claims-us-tehran-peace-deal-has-been-approved\/&quot;,&quot;source_unit&quot;:&quot;Explore More - center&quot;,&quot;source_position&quot;:1}\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img style=\"aspect-ratio:1.5;display:block\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"171\" height=\"114\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/trump-kharg-island-deal-iran-war-paused-comp-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\"  \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/06\/11\/us-news\/trump-calls-off-more-iran-strikes-claims-us-tehran-peace-deal-has-been-approved\/\" class=\"t-color-black\" data-ga4-event=\"{&quot;event_name&quot;:&quot;ux_engagement&quot;,&quot;event_label&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/06\/11\/us-news\/trump-calls-off-more-iran-strikes-claims-us-tehran-peace-deal-has-been-approved\/&quot;,&quot;source_unit&quot;:&quot;Explore More - center&quot;,&quot;source_position&quot;:1}\" data-image-url=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/06\/trump-kharg-island-deal-iran-war-paused-comp-1.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tTrump calls off Iran strikes, tells The Post US-Tehran deal is \u2018all wrapped up\u2019\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Gabbard will depart the Office of Director of National Intelligence next Friday to be with her husband, who was <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/06\/05\/us-news\/tulsi-gabbard-reveals-husbands-very-rare-sacral-chordoma-in-a-lot-of-pain-after-7-hour-surgery\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">recently diagnosed with bone cancer.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"President Trump has announced his pick to replace Tulsi Gabbard as the next director of national intelligence: Manhattan&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":263507,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[153,3253,75,84,83,9,24,63,87,23699,58],"class_list":["post-263506","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-manhattan","tag-donald-trump","tag-intelligence","tag-manhattan","tag-manhattan-headlines","tag-manhattan-news","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc","tag-politics","tag-us-attorney","tag-us-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/263506","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=263506"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/263506\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/263507"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=263506"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=263506"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=263506"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}