The Senate voted to confirm Jay Clayton as President Donald Trump‘s director of national intelligence on Tuesday amid a record-long lapse in government spy powers. Clayton was confirmed by a party-line vote of 51-47. As DNI, Clayton will oversee the country’s 18 intelligence agencies. And Jay Clayton fits the mold,” Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) said. “He’s supervised the prosecution of terrorists and the drafting of the indictment against Nicolas Maduro on drug-trafficking and terrorism charges.”