The Senate scheduled several confirmation hearings starting Monday to confirm many of President Donald Trump’s nominees before the August recess.
The Senate will move to confirm several nominees to serve in key positions, including the next director of national intelligence (DNI) and a new attorney general. Senate Republicans are hopeful they can fill the vacant government positions while time is running out.
U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York Jay Clayton, Trump’s pick to be the permanent DNI, is expected to attend his confirmation hearing Wednesday. The Senate initially scheduled Clayton’s hearing for June 17 just days after Trump nominated him to replace former DNI Tulsi Gabbard, though the hearing was suddenly postponed after Trump called on the Senate to not move forward with the nomination.
Trump said on Truth Social that Clayton’s nomination would not move forward until Jamie McDonald was approved to be the next attorney for the Southern District of New York. Following Trump’s statement, Senate Select Committee on Intelligence Chairman Tom Cotton confirmed the postponement of the hearing after initially planning to move forward with it.
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