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.

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.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President-elect Donald Trump on Thursday nominated Jay Clayton, a former chairman of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, to serve as Attorney for the Southern District of New York. Trump made the announcement in a post on Truth Social.

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, an attorney at Sullivan & Cromwell who specializes in mergers and capital-raising,

President-elect Trump on Thursday said he will nominate Jay Clayton to be U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York. The big picture: It's one of the country's most powerful prosecutorial offices and is often responsible for policing financial fraud.

If confirmed by the Senate, Clayton would lead one of the most important federal prosecutor offices in the country.

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.

President-elect Donald Trump announced Thursday that he is nominating Jay Clayton to serve as U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York, a position traditionally known as the “sheriff of Wall Street.

Clayton is likely to be seen as a somewhat unconventional pick for the office known for high-profile financial crime and public corruption prosecutions