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Senate Poised to Vote on Trump’s Spy Chief Nominee as Acting Director Boasts of Firings

The Senate is expected to vote Tuesday on President Donald Trump’s nominee for director of national intelligence, Jay Clayton, a move that would end the brief tenure of acting director Bill Pulte. Pulte, who served in the role on an interim basis, spent his final hours in office boasting of mass firings, claiming he has terminated nearly a third of the officials in his office. However, several sources have cast doubt on the accuracy of those figures, according to the New York Times. The confirmation vote on Clayton, a former Securities and Exchange Commission chairman, comes amid ongoing tensions between the intelligence community and the Trump administration. If confirmed, Clayton would take over an agency that has faced criticism for personnel changes and political interference. Pulte’s claim of widespread dismissals has raised concerns about instability within the intelligence leadership, though it remains unclear how many of those affected were political appointees or career officials. The Senate vote is scheduled for later Tuesday.

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