Senate postpones hearing for DNI nominee Clayton after Trump tells him not to show up

Source: www.nbcnews.com · Section: politics · Bias: Center-Left · Published: Wed, 17 Jun 2026 22:06:24 GMT

A confirmation hearing for Jay Clayton, President Donald Trump’s nominee to be the next director of national intelligence, was abruptly postponed after the president said he was “cancelling it” over political disagreements with Democrats. NBC News' Melanie Zanona reports on how pulling the nomination could affect the re-authorization of FISA.

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