Trump picks Jay Clayton to serve as attorney for Southern District of New York

FILE PHOTO: Jay Clayton, former chairman of the U.S. SEC, speaks during 13D Monitor’s Active-Passive Investor Summit in New York

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President-elect Donald Trump on Thursday nominated Jay Clayton, a former chairman of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, to serve as Attorney for the Southern District of New York.

Trump made the announcement in a post on Truth Social.

(Reporting by Jasper Ward; editing by Rami Ayyub)