President Donald Trump's nominee to be the top US spy, Jay Clayton, refused to directly acknowledge that the Republican president lost the 2020 election despite repeated questionin

President Donald Trump's nominee to be the top US spy, Jay Clayton, refused to directly acknowledge that the Republican president lost the 2020 election despite repeated questioning by Democrats in a tense Senate confirmation hearing. Link Trump spy nominee Jay Clayton faces tense hearing after refusing to say Joe Biden won in 2020 Clayton said only that Biden had been "certified" as president, while also insisting, "I am not an election denier."