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克莱顿的周二确认投票将结束一场对峙，这场对峙曾导致关键的《外国情报监控法》反恐程序陷入停滞
作者：亚历克斯·米勒 福克斯新闻
在DNI确认听证会上，杰伊·克莱顿就2020年大选言论遭盘问
查德·珀格拉姆从国会山发回报道，聚焦民主党人就克莱顿对2020年大选言论的立场以及他推迟作证一事向其施压，这一安排是唐纳德·特朗普总统为推动《拯救美国法案》而策划的。
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唐纳德·特朗普总统提名的美国情报机构负责人人选又向就职迈进了一步，同时也让参议院距离重启一项关键反恐工具更近了一步。
参议院周一晚间就杰伊·克莱顿的提名推进了一项关键程序性投票，使其有望成为下一任国家情报总监（DNI）。此前，前国家情报总监图尔西·加巴德突然辞职，以照顾身患癌症的丈夫。
此次以51票赞成、43票反对的党派性较强的投票结果推进了克莱顿的提名，他曾在特朗普第一任期内担任美国证券交易委员会（SEC）主席。此前，他仅以9票对8票的微弱优势在参议院情报委员会获得通过。
特朗普提名的DNI人选扫清关键障碍，重启国家顶级反恐监视程序之路
2026年7月15日，在华盛顿特区德克森参议院办公楼，被提名为国家情报总监的前美国南纽约地区检察官杰伊·克莱顿在参议院情报委员会的确认听证会上作证。（安纳多卢通讯社 via 盖蒂图片社）
参议院多数党领袖、南达科他州共和党人约翰·图恩在全体最终投票中呼吁民主党人支持克莱顿，但预计他们会像特朗普第二任期内其他多位特朗普提名的人选一样予以反对。
“人们可能会认为，民主党人会在这位提名者身上展现两党合作精神，”图恩说，“但民主党人却像对待特朗普总统的众多提名者一样，对这位合格的提名者玩起了同样的党派把戏。”
“有趣的是，民主党人毫不掩饰他们对现任代理国家情报总监的厌恶，”他继续说道，“事实上，民主党人对总统临时任命的这一职位人选极为不满，以至于让我国最重要的反恐工具首次陷入停滞。”
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参议院将于周二就确认提名进行投票，这将为接替加巴德的漫长流程画上句号。加巴德宣布辞职后，特朗普匆忙任命联邦住房金融局（FHFA）局长比尔·普尔特临时领导美国18家情报机构。
当时参议院即将就一项两党协议进行投票，该协议旨在在《外国情报监控法》（FISA）第702条到期前维持美国顶级反恐工具的运行。
但民主党人强烈反对普尔特，指责他是不合格的忠实派，会利用情报机构对付总统的政敌并试图解散该机构。在特朗普破坏了克莱顿此前安排的确认听证会之后，民主党人退出了该协议。
用于阻止泰勒·斯威夫特演唱会袭击的情报法即将失效，国会即将放假，世界杯临近
2026年6月24日，在华盛顿特区国家广场，代理国家情报总监比尔·普尔特出席“伟大美国州展”启动庆祝活动。（贾马尔·昆蒂斯 / 法新社 via 盖蒂图片社）
就在克莱顿接受倒数第二轮考验的不到24小时前，普尔特在X平台上宣布，他已完成担任DNI以来的第四轮裁员。
“自担任代理国家情报总监以来，我们团队一直在明智且谨慎地缩减ODNI（国家情报总监办公室）的规模，将其重新聚焦于国家安全、法律和法规，”普尔特说道，“截至今晚，我们刚刚完成了第四轮深思熟虑、适度的裁员。谢谢大家！”
此后，第702条项目一直在逐步陷入停滞，新的授权陷入法律空白，直到议员们重新授权该程序。该程序曾用于挫败致命恐怖袭击，包括阻止了在奥地利维也纳举行的泰勒·斯威夫特演唱会造成大规模伤亡的恐怖阴谋。
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上周，委员会内仅有共和党人投票让克莱顿离开委员会，此前他未能满足参议院民主党人的提问，包括谁赢得了2020年大选、他是否知晓加巴德突袭佐治亚州富尔顿县选举办公室一事，以及他在担任纽约南区最高检察官期间向《纽约时报》记者发出的传票。
这些传票已于上周由司法部自愿撤回，此时距克莱顿获得委员会确认仅两天。
亚历克斯·米勒是福克斯新闻数字频道的记者，负责报道美国参议院事务。
Senate clears way for Trump’s top spy as key anti-terror program remains in limbo
July 27, 2026 6:24pm EDT / Fox News
Clayton’s confirmation vote Tuesday would end a standoff that let the key FISA counterterrorism program go dark
By Alex Miller Fox News
Jay Clayton grilled on 2020 election claims in DNI confirmation hearing
Chad Pergram reports from Capitol Hill, highlighting Democrats pressing Clayton on his stance regarding 2020 election claims and his delayed testimony, a move orchestrated by President Donald Trump over the SAVE America Act.
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President Donald Trump’s pick to run the nation’s intelligence agencies is one step closer to clinching the job, and puts the Senate ever-closer to jump-starting a key counter-terrorism tool in the process.
The Senate advanced Jay Clayton through a key hurdle Monday night to be the next Director of National Intelligence (DNI). It comes after former DNI Tulsi Gabbard’s sudden exit from the position to care for her cancer-stricken husband.
The largely partisan 51-43 vote to move Clayton, who formerly chaired the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) during Trump’s first term, comes after he narrowly squeaked out the Senate Intelligence Committee on a 9 to 8 vote.
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United States attorney for the Southern District of New York Jay Clayton, nominee to be director of national intelligence, testifies during his confirmation hearing with the Senate Intelligence Committee at the Dirksen Senate Office Building in Washington, D.C., on July 15, 2026.(Anadolu via Getty Images)
Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., challenged Democrats to support Clayton during the broader, final vote, but expected them to resist as they have with several other Trump nominees through his second term.
“One might think that we’d be seeing some bipartisanship from Democrats on this nominee,” Thune said. “But Democrats are playing the same partisan games with this qualified nominee as they have for so many of President Trump’s picks.”
“It’s a funny thing because Democrats have made no secret of their disdain for the current acting Director of … National intelligence,” he continued. “In fact, Democrats were so worked up over the president’s temporary choice for this position, they allowed our nation’s most important counterterrorism tool to go dark for the first time ever.”
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The Senate will now vote on confirmation Tuesday, putting an end cap on an arduous process to replace Gabbard. When she announced her exit from the position, Trump hastily installed Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) Director Bill Pulte to lead the nation’s 18 intelligence agencies in the interim.
That came as the Senate was nearing a vote on a bipartisan deal to keep the nation’s top counter-terrorism tool, Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA), running ahead of its expiration.
But Democrats, who railed against Pulte and accused him of being an unqualified loyalist who would weaponize the intelligence community against the president’s enemies and try to dismantle it, walked away from the deal after Trump torpedoed Clayton’s previously scheduled confirmation hearing.
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Acting Director of National Intelligence Bill Pulte attends a kick-off celebration for the “Great American State Fair” on the National Mall in Washington, DC, June 24, 2026.(Jemal COUNTESS / AFP via Getty Images)
Less than 24 hours before Clayton’s penultimate test, Pulte announced on X that he had completed his fourth round of layoffs as DNI.
“Since becoming Acting Director of National Intelligence, our team has been smartly, and carefully, reducing the size of ODNI, re-focusing ODNI on national security, the law, and the statute,” Pulte said. “As of this evening, we just finished a 4th round of thoughtful, measured layoffs. Thank you!”
The Section 702 program has since been steadily going dark, with new authorizations caught in a legal void until lawmakers reauthorize the program that has been used to thwart deadly terror attacks, including halting a mass-casualty terror plot at a Taylor Swift show in Vienna, Austria.
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Last week, only Republicans on the panel voted Clayton out of committee after he failed to satisfy Senate Democrats’ questioning on who won the 2020 election, his knowledge of Gabbard’s raid on the Fulton County, Georgia election offices, and subpoenas against New York Times reporters that his were submitted by him in his role as the top prosecutor in New York’s Southern District.
Those subpoenas were voluntarily withdrawn by the Department of Justice last week, two days after Clayton was confirmed by the panel.
Alex Miller is a writer for Fox News Digital covering the U.S. Senate.
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