Trump to name James McDonald – one of his lawyers – as Wall Street’s top cop

B BloombergSouth China Morning PostFiled 2026-06-13 · 22:21 GMTLean · Center-RightRead · 1 min

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President Donald Trump announced his intention to appoint James McDonald as the US Attorney for the Southern District of New York. This office is responsible for prosecuting many significant Wall Street cases. McDonald will succeed Jay Clayton, who was nominated by Trump as the US director of national intelligence. This nomination for intelligence director followed a congressional backlash against Trump's previous interim appointee, housing official Bill Pulte. Pulte had been selected after the resignation of the current director of national intelligence, Tulsi Gabbard.

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Trump nominated Jay Clayton as US director of national intelligence.

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McDonald would replace Jay Clayton.

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James McDonald is one of Trump's lawyers.

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The US Attorney's office for the Southern District of New York handles many high-profile Wall Street cases.

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Donald Trump plans to appoint James McDonald as US Attorney for the Southern District of New York.

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US President Donald Trump said on Saturday that he planned to appoint James McDonald as US Attorney for the Southern District of New York, the federal prosecutor whose office handles many of the most high-profile cases involving Wall Street.McDonald would replace Jay Clayton, whom Trump nominated as US director of national intelligence less than two weeks after a congressional backlash against his interim appointee, housing official Bill Pulte.Trump had tapped Pulte after Tulsi Gabbard, the current director of intelligence, announced her resignation.

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