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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump on Saturday named ally Devin Nunes, a former U.S. lawmaker who now runs Trump’s social media platform Truth Social, as chairman of the President’s Intelligence Advisory Board.
Nunes, a longtime Trump defender who led the U.S. House Intelligence Committee during part of Trump’s first term in the White House, will remain CEO of Truth Social while serving on an advisory panel, Trump said in a post on the platform.
As chairman of the committee, Nunes claimed that the FBI conspired against Trump during the investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election in which Trump defeated Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton.
“Devin will draw on his experience as former chairman of the House Intelligence Committee and his key role in exposing deception by Russia, by Russia, and by Russia, to provide me with an independent assessment of the effectiveness and propriety of the activities of the US intelligence community,” Trump said. wrote.
The President’s Intelligence Advisory Board is a White House panel that provides the president with independent assessments of the effectiveness and planning of the intelligence agencies.
Trump also appointed on Saturday IBM (NISE:) CEO and former US Department of Homeland Security official Troy Edgar for deputy secretary of the department, and businessman Bill White for US ambassador to Belgium.
