During a confirmation hearing before the Senate Intelligence Committee, Ossoff (D-Ga.) asked Jay Clayton, nominated by Trump to replace former DNI Tulsi Gabbard, who won the 2020 election.
Sen. Ossoff asks Trump's Director of National Intelligence nominee who won the 2020 election. pic.twitter.com/J3u5mqHqTt. — Ossoff's Office (@SenOssoff) July 15, 2026.
"We have established that you have an obligation to be honest and forthright with the committee, yes?
Ossoff told Clayton that he would keep asking him about the 2020 election results because "you're not being honest and forthright with the committee.".
After being pressed by Ossoff again, Clayton simply sat in silence, which appeared to make the Georgia Democrat incredulous.
"You refuse to answer a basic question about who won a presidential election," Ossoff said, "but you asked to lead America's intelligence community?
Isn't it humiliating to be unable to answer this question, to have to indulge the president's delusions?". »