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Clayton will take over as US intelligence chief on Monday, Pulte says

The Senate confirmed the former Securities and Exchange Commission chairman this week as Pulte ends a two-month interim tenure and hands over an office with reduced authority.

  • Acting Director of National Intelligence Bill Pulte announced Saturday that the leadership transition to Jay Clayton will begin Monday, reversing earlier plans for a two-week overlap period.
  • Pulte, who also serves as Federal Housing Finance Agency director, had personally urged President Donald Trump to extend his tenure, arguing he had not yet completed his intelligence agency work.
  • During his interim tenure, Pulte accelerated staffing cuts and declassified documents supporting Trump's election fraud claims; the Senate confirmed Clayton this week despite Democratic opposition.
  • Upon being sworn in next week, Clayton, formerly the U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York, will assume control of 18 U.S. intelligence agencies.
  • Clayton steps into a position vacated by Tulsi Gabbard in June, whose authority has reached a historic low point amid clashes with congressional Democrats over election claims.
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Trump's housing regulator Bill Pulte says he'll hand over intel reins to Jay Clayton on Monday

The two-month tenure of Bill Pulte as acting director of national intelligence will officially come to an end on Monday.

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By Alejandra Jaramillo, CNN The interim director of National Intelligence, Bill Pulte, said this Saturday that the transition of leadership in the office will begin on Monday, reversing reports on previous plans for him to remain in office along with his successor, Jay Clayton, during a transitional period. "After talking to President Trump and The Post The interim director of National Intelligence says that the transition of leadership will beg…

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