Yea. Last season the feds got the bearded guy. Then dropped charges to make Clay think that he spilled the beans on something else the feds figured out on their own and rolled up on.
So when trying to off him, they made a mistake and got Donna. Then the meanish young cop I think was the one that told Clay what the feds was doing, cause a innocent person like Donna got shot. Guess he felt guilty.
Clay will be around for awhile. And Jax will keep correcting and fixing things off to the side. Something might explode in the end with it.
But yea, Clay isnt always likable. But hes not given all the info needed to succeed either. Like Jax purposely withholds bits of info just enough to drive Clay crazy and make him look a fool sometimes.