New Intel Director questions California elections - Times of San Diego
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The new Intel Director previously pushed a baseless conspiracy theory about California mail ballots — now he's questioning the state's elections from a far more powerful seat.
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- Walter 'Jay' Clayton moved from a DOJ role — where he promoted a debunked California mail-ballot conspiracy theory — to leading national intelligence.
- His elevation raises the question of whether institutional power amplifies fringe election claims rather than filtering them out.
- California's mail-voting system is again the target, this time from someone with direct access to intelligence resources.