President-elect Trump announced Thursday that Jay Clayton, former chair of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), will serve as U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York.



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Trump picks Jay Clayton to serve as Manhattan's top federal prosecutor


Republican President-elect Donald Trump nominated former U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission Chairman Jay Clayton to serve as Manhattan's top federal prosecutor on Thursday.

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President-elect is tapping former regulator Jay Clayton to be US Attorney for Manhattan and two of his own criminal defense attorneys for powerful positions.

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Trump taps his ex-SEC chair Jay Clayton as US Attorney for Manhattan

President-elect Donald Trump announced Thursday that he is nominating Jay Clayton to serve as U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York, a position traditionally known as the "sheriff of Wall Street."

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Trump nominates former SEC Chairman Jay Clayton to serve as U.S. attorney for Manhattan

That post is currently held by Damian Williams, who has gone after Adams and a number of other high-profile targets such as former Sen. Bob Menendez.

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Trump announces pick to replace federal prosecutor targeting Mayor Adams

President-elect Trump announced Thursday that Jay Clayton, former chair of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), will serve as U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York. The role is considered by legal experts to be one of the most powerful positions in the Justice Department. “Jay is a highly respected business leader, counsel, […]

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Trump taps ex-SEC chair to serve as US attorney for Southern District of New York

President-elect Donald Trump said on Nov. 14 that he was nominating former Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Chairman Jay Clayton to serve as the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York.
“Jay is going to be a strong Fighter for the Truth as we, Make America Great Again,” Trump said in a post on Truth Social. Clayton served as chairman of the SEC during Trump’s first term.
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Trump Nominates Former SEC Chair to Serve as US Attorney for Southern District of New York

Donald Trump is beginning to place his faithful even in key positions in the judicial system: “I am pleased to announce - writes the tycoon in a statement released by his campaign - that Jay Clayton, from New York, president of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the equivalent of the Italian CONSOB, ed.) during my first term, where he did an incredible job, is appointed United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York”. A key pr…

Donald Trump comincia a piazzare i suoi fedelissimi anche in posti chiave dell'apparato giudiziario: "sono lieto di annunciare - scrive il tycoon in un comunicato diffuso dalla sua campagna - che Jay Clayton, di New York, presidente della Securities and Exchange Commission (l'equivalente della Consob italiana, ndr) durante il mio primo mandato, dove ha svolto un lavoro incredibile, è nominato procuratore degli Stati Uniti per il Distretto Meridi…

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Trump appoints former SEC chief prosecutor in Manhattan

“President-elect Donald Trump on Thursday said he would pick Jay Clayton, who was the top Wall Street enforcer in the first Trump administration, as the head federal prosecutor for the Southern District of New York, a critical post for an incoming president who has vowed revenge on those who pursued him in the courts,” the New York Times reports. Politico: “Clayton served as the chair of the Securities and Exchange Commission during Trump’s firs…

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Trump Nominates Manhattan’s Top Federal Prosecutor

President Trump on Thursday nominated former SEC Chairman Jay Clayton to be US Attorney for the Southern District of New York.

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Political Earthquake: Trump Nominates Former SEC Chairman Jay Clayton to be US Attorney for the SDNY

By Sarah N. Lynch and Luc Cohen WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Republican President-elect Donald Trump nominated former U.S.  Securities and Exchange Commission Chairman Jay Clayton to serve as Manhattan’s top federal prosecutor on Thursday. Clayton, an attorney at Sullivan & Cromwell who specializes in mergers and capital-raising, is a political independent who developed a reputation while at the SEC for trying to forge consensus with the agency’s Democ…

Trump picks Jay Clayton to serve as Manhattan's top federal prosecutor

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