Reporter's Notebook: How Trump's surprise move on DNI confirmation upended key Senate deal on FISA

They didn’t know what to do. Just before 4 a.m. ET on Wednesday, President Trump blindsided everyone in the U.S. Senate . In a post on Truth Social, the president declared he was "cancelling the Senate hearing" for his Director of National Intelligence nominee Jay Clayton. Moreover, the President said he would withhold Clayton’s nomination from "going forward until Jamie McDonald is approved to be U.S. Attorney." If confirmed, Clayton would vacate his post as U.S. Attorney for the Southern Distr