Jay Clayton confirmed despite Pulte’s push to stay on as intelligence chief

In Washington, the Senate has confirmed President Trump's pick to lead the office of the Director of National Intelligence

In a 51-47 party-line vote Tuesday night, the Senate confirmed Jay Clayton as Director of National Intelligence

Republicans had hoped to confirm Clayton in June, but President Trump delayed the process

temporarily installing Bill Pulte as acting director while pressing Congress to pass the Save America Act

Democrats also raised concerns during Clayton's confirmation hearing after he repeatedly declined to say that Joe Biden won the 2020 presidential election

Republicans, meanwhile, say Clayton will help return the office of the director of national intelligence to its original mission

It has been clear for months that under this administration, the main qualification to be DNI is the willingness to use the position to spread conspiracy theories about elections

and to help Donald Trump make it harder for Americans to vote Mr Clayton assured the committee that he would assist our efforts to return the office of the director of national intelligence to its original

size, scope and mission. He also pledged to work with the committee to secure the essential funding

the intelligence community needs. Clayton takes over as Congress continues to debate renewal of

FISA, the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, a key surveillance that expired last month

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