
(FILES) Jay Clayton, US Attorney for the Southern District of New York, testifies during a Senate Intelligence Committee hearing on his nomination to be Director of National Intelligence, on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, on July 15, 2026. The US Senate confirmed Jay Clayton as President Donald Trump's top intelligence official on July 28, 2026, putting a permanent chief in charge of the country's spy agencies as the president revives unsupported election fraud claims ahead of the midterms. (Photo by Ken Cedeno / AFP via Getty Images)

