WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump on Saturday named his ally Devin Nunes, a former U.S. lawmaker who now runs Trump’s Fact Social social media platform, as chairman of the President’s Intelligence Advisory Board.
Nunes, a longtime Trump defender who led the U.S. Home of Representatives Intelligence Committee throughout a part of Trump’s first time period within the White Home, will stay CEO of Fact Social whereas serving on the advisory committee, Trump stated in a message on the platform.
As committee chairman, Nunes alleged that the FBI conspired towards Trump throughout its investigation into Russian interference within the 2016 presidential election by which Trump defeated Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton.
“Devin will draw on his expertise as former chairman of the Home Intelligence Committee and his key function in exposing the Russia, Russia, and Russia hoax, to offer me with impartial assessments of the effectiveness and appropriateness of the actions of the American intelligence group,” Trump stated. wrote.
The Presidential Intelligence Advisory Council is a White Home committee that gives the president with impartial assessments of the effectiveness and planning of intelligence companies.
Trump additionally named Saturday IBM (NYSE:) Troy Edgar, a senior government and former head of the US Division of Homeland Safety, might be named deputy secretary of the division, and businessman Invoice White might be named US ambassador to Belgium.
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