Trump's SDNY Pick Steps In As Clayton Focuses On DC

By Pete Brush ( July 8, 2026, 4:21 PM EDT) -- U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York Jay Clayton said Wednesday that President Donald Trump's pick to succeed him, James McDonald, will assume a leadership role as Clayton works on his own nomination for Director of National Intelligence in Washington, D.C....

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