*In a significant shift within the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York (SDNY), President-elect Donald Trump announced on Thursday that he is replacing U.S. Attorney Damian Williams with Jay Clayton, the former chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).

Jay Clayton began his career clerking in Pennsylvania, joined Sullivan & Cromwell in 1995, and became a partner in 2001, focusing on mergers and capital markets. Appointed by President Trump, he led the SEC from 2017 to 2020.

President-elect Donald Trump is tapping former regulator Jay Clayton to be US Attorney for Manhattan and two of his own criminal defense attorneys for powerful positions in the Justice Department, fleshing out his top picks to reshape American law enforcement.