The nomination, which Trump announced in a Truth Social post, comes as Damien Williams is overseeing several high-profile cases — including the public corruption case against Mayor Adams and the

President-elect Donald Trump said former Securities and Exchange Commission Chair Jay Clayton would be his U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York, heading up the state's Department of Justice branch.

Republican President-elect Donald Trump nominated former U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission Chairman Jay Clayton to serve as Manhattan's top federal prosecutor on Thursday. Clayton, a lawyer at Sullivan & Cromwell who specializes in mergers and capital-raising,

President-elect Donald Trump said he wants Jay Clayton to serve as U.S. Attorney for Manhattan, leading the Justice Department office known as being the sheriff of Wall Street. Clayton would replace Damian Williams, who is leading the criminal case against Mayor Eric Adams.

President-elect Donald Trump on Thursday said that he wants to replace Damian Williams, U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York, with Jay Clayton, his former chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission.

President-elect Donald Trump is looking to replace Damian Williams, US Attorney for the Southern District of New York, with a familiar face from his previous administration who hails from Pennsylvania.

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