President Donald Trump abruptly postponed the Senate confirmation hearing for his nominee to lead the U.S. intelligence community, Jay Clayton, in the hopes of securing the position of U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York for his pick, James McDonald.
Clayton, the current U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York and former chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission, had been scheduled to appear before the Senate Intelligence Committee on Wednesday for what many lawmakers expected to be a relatively swift confirmation process.
