{"text":[[{"start":11.45,"text":"Donald Trump has nominated former Securities and Exchange Commission chair Jay Clayton to be the head of the US intelligence community."}],[{"start":19.549999999999997,"text":"Clayton would take over from Bill Pulte, the head of the Federal Housing Finance Agency and a Trump ally, who had been appointed acting director of national intelligence earlier this month following the resignation of Tulsi Gabbard. "}],[{"start":31.299999999999997,"text":"The president has faced a widening revolt in Congress to his appointment of Pulte, who has no known experience in intelligence. Gabbard, a former Democratic Party member, was viewed as a controversial pick to lead the nation’s spy agencies, and had also been a longtime critic of US interventions in overseas conflicts."}],[{"start":48.75,"text":"The Senate must confirm Clayton before he is appointed to the role on a permanent basis. "}],[{"start":53.95,"text":"Clayton is the US attorney for the Southern District of New York, one of the most influential federal trial courts in the country, and was a partner at law firm Sullivan & Cromwell. Trump said in a social media post announcing the nomination that “Few people anywhere in the Legal Community are respected at the level of Jay”."}],[{"start":71.55000000000001,"text":"One person familiar with the situation said CIA Director John Ratcliffe suggested Clayton for the DNI role after Trump had asked him for a recommendation."}],[{"start":81.15,"text":"The person said Trump still wanted Pulte to wind down as much as possible at the Office of the Director of National Intelligence so that Clayton could run a scaled-back operation that was focused on co-ordination between the 17 components of the US intelligence community."}],[{"start":105.60000000000001,"text":""}]],"url":"https://audio.ftcn.net.cn/album/a_1781230792_8775.mp3"}