Trump nominates Jay Clayton as top US intelligence official after pushback on Bill Pulte

Donald Trump has nominated Jay Clayton, former head of the top US markets watchdog, to be the country’s leading intelligence official. The US president faced widespread criticism of his decision to install a controversial ally, Bill Pulte, as acting director of National Intelligence while searching for a permanent candidate. Clayton, former chair of the US Securities and Exchange Commission, is US attorney for the southern district of New York. …