Trump seeks to delay the hearing for his national intelligence pick to pressure Congress on elections bill.
“Trump withdrew his nominee for director of national intelligence, Jay Clayton, to pressure Congress to pass a strict voter identification law.
President Trump said on Wednesday that he was pulling back his own nominee to be the nation’s top intelligence official as he again tried to pressure Congress to pass a strict voter identification law that does not have enough support among Republicans to advance.
Mr. Trump announced last week that he would nominate Jay Clayton, the U.S. attorney in Manhattan, to be the director of national intelligence, after senators in both parties condemned his earlier decision to install Bill Pulte, a loyalist and his top housing official, to the post.“
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