The top federal prosecutor in Manhattan has agreed to step aside, clearing the way for President Donald Trump to install his ...

Jay Clayton takes charge of Wall Street’s most powerful prosecutor's office, bringing a controversial crypto enforcement ...

Yankees infielder DJ LeMahieu and relief pitcher Clayton Beeter had successful rehab outings with the Somerset Patriots this ...

President Donald Trump said on Wednesday that Jay Clayton, a former chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission, will ...

President Donald Trump on Wednesday appointed Jay Clayton as interim U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York. The ...

Federal law allows interim prosecutors to continue in their role indefinitely with a simple vote by judges in the attorney’s ...

As far as appointees for federal prosecutor go, Mr. Clayton is about as good as Mr. Schumer could expect. Yet the New York Democrat said Wednesday he would refuse to return his “blue slip” for ...

The action came after Senator Chuck Schumer, the New York Democrat and minority leader, said he would block Mr. Trump’s nomination of Mr. Clayton, 58, for the U.S. attorney post, using a ...

Matthew Podolsky took over for Danielle Sassoon, who resigned in protest of the Justice Department's order to drop corruption ...