Jay Clayton

How the White House describes Jay Clayton

Quoted from the White House’s Cabinet page.

“Jay Clayton was sworn in as the ninth Director of National Intelligence on August 3, 2026, serving as the head of the Intelligence Community and the President’s principal adviser for intelligence matters. Previously, Director Clayton served as the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, where he prosecuted some of America’s top adversaries, including alleged IRGC and Kata’ib Hizballah terrorist Mohammad Al-Saadi, alleged narco-trafficker Nicolas Maduro and his convicted co-conspirator Hugo Carvajal, and dozens of members of the Sinaloa and CJNG cartels. From May 2017 to December 2020, Director Clayton served as Chairman of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, completing a sweeping modernization and streamlining of the regulation of our nation’s public and private markets while bringing more than 2,300 enforcement actions resulting in over $10 billion in penalties and disgorgement and returning more than $3 billion to harmed investors.”

“In between his periods of public service, Director Clayton served as Chairman of the Board of Directors of Apollo Global Management, Chairman of the Audit Committee of the American Express Company, Of Counsel and Senior Policy Advisor at Sullivan & Cromwell LLP, and an Adjunct Professor at the Wharton Business School and the Carey Law School at the University of Pennsylvania, where he co-chaired the Institute for Law and Economics. Earlier in his career, Director Clayton was a partner at Sullivan & Cromwell, where he was a member of the firm’s Management Committee and co-headed its Corporate Practice and Cybersecurity Group. He holds a B.S. in Engineering from the University of Pennsylvania, summa cum laude , a B.A. and M.A. (by tradition) in Economics from the University of Cambridge as a Thouron Scholar, and a J.D. from the University of Pennsylvania Law School, cum laude , where he was elected to the Order of the Coif. A lifelong athlete and avid sports fan, Director Clayton also serves on President Trump’s Council on College Sports.”

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