WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President-elect Donald Trump on Saturday named his ally Devin Nunes, a former U.S. lawmaker who now runs Trump’s Truth Social social media platform, to serve as chairman of the Advisory Board. of Intelligence of the president.
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 executive director of Truth Social while serving on the advisory panel, Trump said in a statement. a publication on the platform.
As committee chair, Nunes alleged that the FBI had conspired against Trump during its investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election in which Trump defeated Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton.
“Devin will leverage his experience as former chairman of the House Intelligence Committee and his key role in exposing the Russia, Russia, Russia hoax, to provide me with independent assessments of the effectiveness and appropriateness of the activities of the United States Intelligence Community. United,” 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 intelligence agencies.
Trump on Saturday also named IBM (NYSE:) US Department of Homeland Security executive and former official Troy Edgar will serve as deputy secretary of the department, and businessman Bill White will serve as US ambassador to Belgium.
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