US President Donald Trump said on Monday he was nominating federal prosecutor Jay Clayton to be the next director of national intelligence, after US lawmakers opposed his choice to fill the role temporarily, Reuters reported.
"There are few people in the legal community who have the level of respect that Jay has. I urge the United States Senate to confirm Jay as soon as possible," Trump said in a post on the Truth Social network.
Clayton is currently the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York and a former chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission.
Trump said his loyalist and head of the Federal Housing Agency, Bill Pulte, would take over as acting director on June 19, replacing Tulsi Gabbard, who resigned effective June 30.
Pulte's appointment has caused a political deadlock that has disrupted the renewal of an expiring surveillance law, according to Reuters.
The Republican-controlled US House of Representatives today rejected a short-term extension of the authority to monitor foreign communications, which Trump had sought.
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