Trump Names Former SEC Chair Jay Clayton to DOJ Office, the Same Office That Prosecuted SBF President-elect Donald Trump said former Securities and Exchange Commission Chair Jay Clayton would be his U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York, heading up the state’s Department of Justice branch.
Trump Wants Jay Clayton, Former S.E.C. Chief, as Manhattan’s Top Attorney Jay Clayton, a former corporate lawyer, would be in a critical position for the president-elect, who has promised revenge on those who prosecuted him in New York.