Jay Clayton is about to oversee all 18 U.S. intelligence agencies.
During his confirmation hearing, he repeatedly refused to say Donald Trump lost the 2020 election.
He said Biden was “certified.”
That is not the same as saying Biden won.
The official responsible for assessing election interference and disinformation would not plainly reject the most consequential election lie in modern American history.
The question is not whether Clayton knows the truth.
It is whether he is willing to say it when Trump does not want to hear it.
That is a dangerous standard for the nation’s intelligence chief.