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Mark Warner: “Donald Trump...could have nominated Jay Clayton a week ago…”

Featuring: Mark Warner, Democratic | U.S. Senate from Virginia

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Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, Sen. Warner, more | Face the Nation Full Broadcast - June 14, 2026

Published | Video Starts at 23:01

I've got a lot of questions like, you know, who won the election in 2020. So he least acknowledges that truthfulness. But remember, Margaret, this was totally caused by Donald Trump...could have nominated Jay Clayton a week ago and we wouldn't have gone dark. This is an extraordinary series of events that we have to take more time to talk about on the other side of the break. Let me take it and we'll finish it. (23:01–23:09)

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Asserts that Trump could have nominated Jay Clayton earlier to avoid a lapse in intelligence oversight.

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