Jay Clayton either physically cannot say the words “Joe Biden won the 2020 election,” or he simply refuses to because he knows it’s not what Trump wants to hear.
Four senators asked Clayton at an Intelligence Committee hearing today to answer a basic question about who won the 2020 election, and each time, Clayton refused.
Trump and Republicans have spent years pushing the lie that the 2020 election was stolen, and Clayton’s performance shows how far his party is willing to bend to that fiction rather than state a basic fact.
Clayton is seeking a position that would give him oversight of eighteen intelligence agencies and access to the country’s most sensitive secrets, and his refusal to affirm a settled electoral outcome raises serious questions about whether he would let political loyalty override his duty to tell the truth.
Published: Jul 15, 2026