{"id":118140,"date":"2026-06-12T02:00:10","date_gmt":"2026-06-12T02:00:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/2026\/06\/12\/trump-nominates-u-s-attorney-jay-clayton-as-dni-after-pushback-over-bill-pulte-the-washington-post\/"},"modified":"2026-06-12T02:00:10","modified_gmt":"2026-06-12T02:00:10","slug":"trump-nominates-u-s-attorney-jay-clayton-as-dni-after-pushback-over-bill-pulte-the-washington-post","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/2026\/06\/12\/trump-nominates-u-s-attorney-jay-clayton-as-dni-after-pushback-over-bill-pulte-the-washington-post\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump nominates U.S. attorney Jay Clayton as DNI after pushback over Bill Pulte &#8211; The Washington Post"},"content":{"rendered":"<ol>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMi1wFBVV95cUxQRnVEVVpCSDJRQ1JlZGgxOHJPT0R3S1dwSXJLbWdGS2tXd3ZsblRJMjI4TG9wNE9jUnkwNTJRdm85SUdqcEJFRTdDNXR0bzhzTHY1ZTdpazJReXNwTGJGeGJ4MloyV0NJaUh1aE9FY3Z6YjZLUE5xUVpyUFpyR21EMzVjU1QxZ0k4OHpXR3I2Z2swZkhrUUxsZlhFdUVweGduQ1ZMWXFUbnM5VzFidXE0cnpPbDNRMHpHU3lPLUpCaTkzOHEteENDbXFFczdqLVNvRENscWh6Yw?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Trump nominates U.S. attorney Jay Clayton as DNI after pushback over Bill Pulte<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">The Washington Post<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMikgFBVV95cUxPMWwzQUp4Vk1xQ3Rfa2lRWkotWXBNRF9PZ1dQbGdWZ2RERjJCVlM1SFliTEM4RE9pT0NJYVZESGZFOFY3YU1HOWYxLXhvQkdYYXRMOUVKcWVfX2lTaTFFQWNGUmFWTjE5cWpqNnd4M0lkSEJYWDBqdWhqbHhxN0hRVGdKNUI2a3JxUkZuSTBXXzNCUQ?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Trump Picks Jay Clayton for Director of National Intelligence After Backlash Over Bill Pulte<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">The New York Times<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiWkFVX3lxTE1mOGdaVU9Pdkg5ZVFDRjdVSENvOEs0SDNocU1PTWZwaFlEdU11ODI5OHE1Rk53RFdjbHZBNlF0aVJkS2JvLVE0WmVrYVZwY1VxR0tPaEVhSTdnQQ?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Jay Clayton: Trump names new spy chief after Pulte pushback<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">BBC<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiigFBVV95cUxQUmI3dXRyUHZTS2xVLVUtdzRBRVVpZWRsVWZvS1NTTEZieVNJWW0wakJweDNYeEY2MV9UMU5FbEZuVXp6N1VtS1A5Rm9iOGxZZXE3TXA1cnpNZjFYX0RsTXRlWkxXaFhMUVhvRnFxcVpqSjVCMHJkLUNYbW1LNHV4aDU4YmN3eHdjd1E?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Trump nominates Jay Clayton to top intelligence post amid uproar over prior, interim pick<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">CNN<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMie0FVX3lxTE5pY2FRWWNfX1ptVlNLYjNQeWVwdUU2ZTVCcmk1cTc4QmtNX3N1YkVZV1dBbEpxeVl5dm5vYm04N2RPSFd2dHNReFVzY3Y1dUNuWW55T2VHUk9UTl9hanExbklhZjBibXRqVWJCUXJIRkxjU0wzQkZvc1ljRQ?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Jay Clayton: Trump pick has long legal r\u00e9sum\u00e9 but few intelligence credentials<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">The Guardian<\/font><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Trump nominates U.S. attorney Jay Clayton as DNI after pushback over Bill Pulte&nbsp;&nbsp;The Washington Post Trump Picks Jay Clayton for Director of National Intelligence After&#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/2026\/06\/12\/trump-nominates-u-s-attorney-jay-clayton-as-dni-after-pushback-over-bill-pulte-the-washington-post\/\" class=\"read-more\">[more]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[70],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-118140","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/118140","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=118140"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/118140\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=118140"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=118140"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=118140"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}