2026-06-17T10:03:39.301Z / 路透社
华盛顿6月17日电（路透社）——美国总统唐纳德·特朗普周三表示，参议院对其提名的美国国家情报总监人选杰伊·克莱顿的听证会应当推迟，就在这场听证会数小时前，这一表态令快速确认提名的计划蒙上阴影。
共和党此前一直在推动参议院迅速批准克莱顿的提名。克莱顿是美国曼哈顿联邦首席检察官，特朗普在不到一周前提名他出任国家情报总监（DNI），此前特朗普任命的临时情报总监因效忠特朗普引发政治反弹。
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这位亲密盟友、联邦住房金融局局长比尔·普尔特没有国家安全相关经验，即便在共和党内部也引发担忧，认为他可能会将情报工具化，用于对付特朗普认定的政治对手。
随后特朗普提名詹姆斯·麦克唐纳接替克莱顿出任纽约南区联邦检察官，这是美国权力最大的检察官职位之一，麦克唐纳的这一任命仍需参议院批准。
正在法国埃维昂出席G7峰会的特朗普在隔夜社交媒体发文称，在麦克唐纳就职前，他不想将克莱顿从现有岗位上调离。
他表示，普尔特将暂时留任代理国家情报总监，并补充说，他的共和党同僚已与民主党达成协议，将普尔特从代理情报总监职位上撤换，以换取《外国情报监控法》（FISA）的通过。
“然而，共和党在伟大的杰伊·克莱顿的听证会问题上推进得太快了……以至于在民主党就《外国情报监控法》投票前，普尔特就会被撤换，”他称，民主党如今表示将投票反对该法案。
“其实并不复杂，共和党掉进了一个陷阱，”他写道。
特朗普还重申，若不通过其提出的《拯救美国法案》——该法案要求投票时提供公民身份证明——他不会批准《外国情报监控法》的延期。
民主党此前表示，将在听证会举行前不对克莱顿的提名作出评判，并于周二暗示计划对他进行严厉质询。
时间节点不明
周三早些时候，参议院情报委员会官网仍挂有这场听证会的信息，记者无法立即联系到该委员会代表置评。
特朗普选择克莱顿监管美国18家情报机构的决定在华盛顿受到欢迎。尽管克莱顿缺乏深厚的国家安全相关经验，但他在两党中都广受尊重。
“我支持全面审查……对所有问题进行彻底调查，”该委员会资深民主党议员、俄勒冈州参议员罗恩·怀登早前对记者表示。
参议院民主党领袖、纽约州参议员查克·舒默曾表示，民主党将在听证会结束后才决定如何推进提名程序。
参议院多数党领袖、南达科他州参议员约翰·图恩及其他共和党人曾表示，他们希望民主党同意豁免参议院规则，以便最快在本周就克莱顿的提名进行投票。
图恩周二在新闻发布会上表示，克莱顿“完全胜任”，他作为联邦检察官的经历意味着他曾处理过情报相关事务。
提名与监控法案挂钩
快速确认提名也有助于为《外国情报监控法》第702条的延期铺平道路。该条款允许执法部门在无需司法授权的情况下收集外国情报，其中可能包括美国人的相关信息。
民主党曾表示，只要普尔特仍担任代理国家情报总监，他们就不会投票支持延长第702条。
“此事需要快速解决，我希望民主党能与我们合作促成此事，”图恩说道。
克莱顿目前在曼哈顿的职位是司法部检察官最令人觊觎的岗位之一。他的办公室正在审理针对委内瑞拉前总统尼古拉斯·马杜罗的案件，马杜罗于1月3日在一次闪电突袭行动中被抓获。
克莱顿在听证会上可能会被问及马杜罗案，以及他在获提名前不久在电视上发表的言论——他称洛杉矶市长选举的计票可能存在舞弊，这一说法并无证据支持。
特朗普近期也多次重复类似的选举舞弊言论，并再次宣扬2020年总统大选遭窃取的未经证实的说法，民主党警告称，这可能表明他将试图干预未来的选举。
目前尚不清楚，作为联邦住房监管机构负责人的普尔特，是否会在图尔西·加巴德6月19日离任后继续担任临时情报总监。加巴德曾是民主党人，国家安全经验有限，民主党指责她推进特朗普的政治议程，并宣扬已被揭穿的选举舞弊说法。
克莱顿还可能会被严厉质询有关大幅削减国家情报总监办公室人员编制甚至彻底撤销该办公室的计划。特朗普曾表示，希望普尔特在担任临时总监期间推进裁员工作。
帕特丽夏·曾格勒尔与艾琳·班科 华盛顿报道
大卫·摩根、苏珊·希维 华盛顿及舒巴姆·卡利亚 班加罗尔 补充报道
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Trump calls for delay of spy nominee’s confirmation
2026-06-17T10:03:39.301Z / Reuters
WASHINGTON, June 17 (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday said a Senate hearing on his nominee to lead U.S. intelligence, Jay Clayton, should be postponed, throwing plans for a swift confirmation into doubt just hours before the session.
Republicans had been pushing for rapid Senate approval of Clayton, the top U.S. attorney for Manhattan, whom Trump nominated less than a week ago as director of national intelligence (DNI) amid a political backlash over the loyalist he picked to fill the role temporarily.
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That close ally, Federal Housing Finance Agency director Bill Pulte, has no national security experience, raising concerns even among some Republicans that he could “weaponize” intelligence against Trump’s perceived political foes.
Trump then nominated James McDonald to replace Clayton as U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York, one of the most powerful prosecutors in the country. McDonald needs Senate approval for that role.
Trump, in Evian, France, for a G7 summit, said in an overnight social media post that he did not want to remove Clayton from his post until McDonald was in place.
He said Pulte would remain as acting DNI in the meantime, adding that his fellow Republicans had agreed with Democrats to remove Pulte as acting spy chief in return for the approval of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA).
“However, the Republicans moved so fast with the hearings of the Great Jay Clayton … that Pulte would be gone before the (Democrats) would vote on FISA (Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act),” he said, claiming that Democrats now say they would vote against FISA.
“Not complicated, actually, the Republicans fell into a trap,” he wrote.
Trump also reiterated that he would not approve the renewal of FISA without passage of his Save America Act, which would require proof of citizenship for voting.
Democrats had said they would reserve judgment on Clayton until his hearing, and on Tuesday signaled they planned to question him closely.
TIMING UNCLEAR
The hearing was still posted on the Senate Intelligence Committee’s website early on Wednesday, and representatives for the panel could not be immediately reached for comment.
Trump’s choice of Clayton to oversee the nation’s 18 intelligence agencies had been greeted with relief in Washington. While he lacks deep national security experience, he is broadly respected across party lines.
“I favor a full vetting … a thorough examination of all of the issues,” Senator Ron Wyden of Oregon, a senior Democratic member of the panel, told reporters earlier.
Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer of New York had said Democrats would decide how to proceed only after the hearing.
Senate Majority Leader John Thune of South Dakota and other Republicans had said they wanted Democrats to agree to waive Senate rules to allow a vote on Clayton as soon as this week.
Thune told a news conference on Tuesday that Clayton is “eminently qualified” and that his position as U.S. attorney meant that he deals with intelligence matters.
APPOINTMENT TIED TO SURVEILLANCE LAW
A swift confirmation could also help pave the way for the renewal of Section 702 of the FISA, which allows law enforcement to collect foreign intelligence that can include information about Americans without judicial authorization.
Democrats had said they would withhold the votes to renew Section 702 while Pulte was acting DNI.
“It needs to be fixed quickly, and I hope that the Democrats will work with us in order to make that happen,” Thune said.
Clayton’s current role in Manhattan is one of the most coveted positions for prosecutors in the Justice Department. His office is overseeing the case against former Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, who was seized in a lightning raid on January 3.
Clayton could face questions about Maduro at the hearing, as well as comments he made on television shortly before his nomination suggesting there may have been fraud in counting votes in the Los Angeles mayoral race, a claim not supported by evidence.
Trump has recently repeated similar claims about the election and recycled unproven claims that the 2020 presidential race was stolen from him, which Democrats warn could be a sign he will seek to interfere in future elections.
It remains unclear whether Pulte, the federal housing regulator, will spend any time as interim director after Tulsi Gabbard’s last day on June 19. Gabbard, a former Democrat with limited intelligence experience, had been accused by Democrats of advancing Trump’s political agenda and promoting debunked election claims.
Clayton also is likely to be closely questioned about plans to sharply cut staffing of the DNI’s office, or even eliminate it completely. Trump had said that he wanted Pulte to make cuts during his time as interim director.
Reporting by Patricia Zengerle and Erin Banco. Additional reporting by David Morgan and Susan Heavey in Washington and Shubham Kalia in Bengaluru. Editing by Don Durfee, Sanjeev Miglani and Mark Potter
