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President Trump on Thursday nominated U.S. Attorney Jay Clayton as director of national intelligence, replacing acting Director William J. Pulte hours after the House rejected reauthorization of a key surveillance law over dissatisfaction with Mr. Pulte.<\/p>\n

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In a Thursday social media post announcing his pick, Mr. Trump cited the background of Mr. Clayton, who is top federal prosecutor for the Southern District of New York. Mr. Clayton is also the former head of Sullivan & Cromwell, what the president called \u201cone of the most prominent and successful Law Firms anywhere in the World,\u201d and the former chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission.<\/p>\n

\u201cFew people anywhere in the Legal Community are respected at the level of Jay,\u201d Mr. Trump posted. \u201cI encourage the United States Senate to confirm Jay as soon as possible.\u201d<\/p>\n

Senate Majority Leader John Thune, South Dakota Republican, said he will try to get Mr. Clayton confirmed \u201cas quickly as possible.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cHe has a great reputation as being an incredibly competent manager, so much so that the Southern District, the judges up there put him in, even when he couldn\u2019t get past the blue slip process,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Mr. Thune said Mr. Clayton\u2019s nomination could help unlodge Democrats\u2019 opposition to extending the foreign surveillance law, which they are blocking in protest to the president tapping Mr. Pulte to serve as acting DNI.<\/p>\n

\u201cI hope that would help,\u201d he said. \u201cI think he\u2019s considered to be a very qualified professional with a great skill set for managing a complex problem set.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Senate Democratic leader Charles E. Schumer of New York said the nomination doesn\u2019t solve the problem of Mr. Pulte taking over the office on June 19. \u201cIt doesn\u2019t matter what else they do. Pulte\u2019s got to be gone. He\u2019s still in that role,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

The White House viewed Mr. Pulte\u2019s role as a short-term job to downsize the Office of the Director of National Intelligence. He is to step in June 19 for the embattled Tulsi Gabbard, who said she is leaving due to her husband\u2019s cancer treatment.<\/p>\n

When the president made that move with Mr. Pulte, the director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency, it sparked a congressional uproar, mostly from Democrats, over choosing someone with a lack of national security credentials.<\/p>\n

That appointment scrambled monthslong congressional negotiations to renew Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, throwing future American surveillance capabilities into limbo. The House defeated a proposal Thursday to extend the current law until July 2.<\/p>\n

During his tenure as head of the Federal Housing Finance Agency, Mr. Pulte was accused by Democrats of using his platform and agency power to broadcast accusations of mortgage fraud against Mr. Trump\u2019s perceived opponents, including New York Attorney General Letitia James and Federal Reserve Board of Governors member Lisa Cook.<\/p>\n

Mr. Trump publicly stated that, in addition to downsizing agencies, Mr. Pulte \u201cmay find out some things about the rigged elections,\u201d raising more Democratic alarms that he would use the intelligence community for political objectives.<\/p>\n

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