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Walter “Jay” Clayton III, nominee to be director of national intelligence, was scheduled to sit at this witness table for his confirmation hearing in the Dirksen Senate Office Building on Wednesday. But that didn’t end up happening.
Walter “Jay” Clayton III, nominee to be director of national intelligence, was scheduled to sit at this witness table for his confirmation hearing in the Dirksen Senate Office Building on Wednesday. But that didn’t end up happening. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)
By Bill Clark
Posted June 17, 2026 at 3:08pm

An empty witness table, where Director of National Intelligence nominee Jay Clayton was scheduled to sit for his confirmation hearing, is pictured in the Dirksen Senate Office Building on Wednesday. The planned Senate Intelligence Committee hearing for Clayton was postponed by Chairman Tom Cotton after President Donald Trump delayed the nomination.

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