The comments come a day after Damian Williams announced he would step down as US Attorney for the Southern District of New ...

Mayor Adams on Tuesday said he hopes that under Jay Clayton, Manhattan’s likely next U.S. attorney,  “the system of justice ...

Republican President-elect Donald Trump nominated former U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission Chairman Jay Clayton to ...

Donald Trump’s choice of former SEC boss Jay Clayton to lead an office of federal prosecutors with a history of pursuing ...

After a whirlwind tenure, Damian Williams, the Manhattan U.S. attorney — the most visible and most famously independent ...

President-elect Trump nominated the former chairman of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, Jay Clayton, to serve as ...

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President-elect Donald Trump on Thursday announced his intent to nominate former U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission ...

The appointment marks a transition for Clayton, the "Sheriff of Wall Street" who has no experience in criminal law.

If confirmed by the Senate, Clayton would lead one of the most important federal prosecutor offices in the country.