Live updates: Todd Blanche grilled in confirmation hearing
During a Senate confirmation hearing, Democratic Senator Jon Ossoff questioned Trump's intelligence nominee Jay Clayton regarding Tulsi Gabbard's presence during a search warrant execution in Georgia. The exchange focused on the political implications of the 2020 election investigations.
Why it matters
The hearing reflects ongoing political tensions regarding the 2020 election and the scrutiny of Trump-era political figures in high-level government appointments.
Link Copied! Ossoff grills Clayton about Fulton County search warrant and probe into Gabbard By Sean Lyngaas • Source: CNN " data-fave-thumbnails="{"big": { "uri": "https://media.cnn.com/api/v1/images/stellar/videothumbnails/33578224-57588522-generated-thumbnail.jpg?c=16x9&q=h_540,w_960,c_fill" }, "small": { "uri": "https://media.cnn.com/api/v1/images/stellar/videothumbnails/33578224-57588522-generated-thumbnail.jpg?c=16x9&q=h_540,w_960,c_fill" } }" data-vr-video="false" data-show-html=" " data-byline-html=" " data-timestamp-html=" Updated 4:49 PM EDT, Wed July 15, 2026 " data-check-event-based-preview="" data-is-vertical-video-embed="false" data-network-id="" data-publish-date="2026-07-15T16:42:25.487Z" data-video-section="politics" data-canonical-url="https://www.cnn.com/politics/video/ossoff-clayton-fulton-county-digvid" data-branding-key="" data-video-slug="ossoff-clayton-fulton-county-digvid" data-first-publish-slug="ossoff-clayton-fulton-county-digvid" data-video-tags="" data-breakpoints='{"video-resource--media-extra-large": 660}' data-display-video-cover="true" data-details=""> Jay Clayton, Trump’s director of national intelligence nominee, and Democratic Sen. Jon Ossoff had a tense exchange over former director Tulsi Gabbard’s presence while a search warrant was served in Fulton County, Georgia, tied to President Donald Trump’s push to question the 2020 election. Ossoff told Clayton during the nominee’s confirmation hearing Wednesday before the Senate intelligence committee that Democrats are probing why Gabbard was there in January.
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