{"id":155561,"date":"2026-08-03T17:13:59","date_gmt":"2026-08-03T17:13:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=155561"},"modified":"2026-08-03T17:13:59","modified_gmt":"2026-08-03T17:13:59","slug":"jay-clayton-sworn-in-as-us-spy-chief-after-contentious-senate-confirmation-hearingunited-states-canada-south-china-morning-post","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=155561","title":{"rendered":"Jay Clayton sworn in as US spy chief after contentious  Senate confirmation hearingUnited States &amp; Canada &#8211; South China Morning Post"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Source: United States &amp; Canada &#8211; South China Morning PostJay \u2060Clayton was sworn in on Monday as \u2060the US director of national intelligence after a contentious Senate confirmation hearing in which he refused to directly acknowledge that President Donald Trump lost the 2020 presidential election.<br \/>\nHe takes on \u200ca role that was vacated in June when Tulsi Gabbard stepped down after a tenure marked by clashes with congressional Democrats, who accused her of advancing Trump\u2019s political agenda and promoting debunked election claims.<br \/>\n\u201cThe safety and security of&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/news\/world\/united-states-canada\/article\/3362842\/jay-clayton-sworn-us-spy-chief-after-contentious-senate-confirmation-hearing?utm_source=rss_feed\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"feedzy-rss-link-icon\" rel=\"noopener\">Read More<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source: United States &amp; Canada &#8211; South China Morning PostJay \u2060Clayton was sworn in on Monday as \u2060the US director of national intelligence after a contentious Senate confirmation hearing in&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/155561"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=155561"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/155561\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=155561"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=155561"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=155561"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}