Donald Trump has announced that he will choose Jay Clayton as Manhattan’s top federal prosecutor. Newsmax reports:
Republican President-elect Donald Trump nominated former U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission Chairman Jay Clayton to serve as Manhattan’s top federal prosecutor on Thursday.
Clayton, an attorney at Sullivan & Cromwell who specializes in mergers and capital-raising, is a political independent who developed a reputation while at the SEC for trying to forge consensus with the agency’s Democratic commissioners.
A spokesman for the U.S. Attorney’s office for the Southern District of New York, as the unit is formally known, declined to comment.
Clayton is likely to be seen as a somewhat unconventional pick for the office known for high-profile financial crime prosecutions, as he does not have any criminal law experience.
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