Trump Intel Pick Ties Himself in Knots to Avoid Saying Who Won in 2020

Six years later, Donald Trump’s 2020 presidential election conspiracy is still going strong. During his confirmation hearing before the Senate Intelligence Committee Wednesday, Trump’s pick to run National Intelligence—Jay Clayton—refused to plainly acknowledge who won the 2020 election, admitting only after a lengthy back-and-forth with Maine Senator Angus King that Joe Biden “became the president of the United States.” Clayton initially said Biden had been certified, during an exchange with…