During his first term, the once and future president was frustrated in a bid to install Clayton—a veteran regulator and ...

Scott Hartman, co-chief of the securities and commodities task force at the Southern District of New York, gave his ...

Trump announced Thursday that he had tapped former SEC chair Jay Clayton to serve as the U.S. attorney of the Southern District of New York. Clayton would replace Damian Williams, the current U.S.

• Background checks: Trump’s transition team is bypassing traditional FBI checks for at least some of his Cabinet picks while using private companies to conduct vetting of potential candidates for ...