President-elect Donald Trump on Saturday named Devin Nunes, the CEO of Trump’s TruthSocial platform, as chairman of the President’s Intelligence Advisory Board.
“I’m happy to announce that I’ll appoint TruthSocial CEO Devin Nunes as Chairman of the President’s Intelligence Advisory Board, which consists of distinguished residents from outdoors of the Federal Government,” Trump introduced on TruthSocial.
Nunes, a key Trump ally and former consultant from California, left Congress in 2021 to change into the CEO of Trump Media and Technology Group, which runs TruthSocial. During his time in Congress, Nunes chaired the House Intelligence Committee and was one in all Trump’s most staunch allies.
As chair of the Intelligence Committee, Nunes launched a memo in 2018 alleging an FBI conspiracy towards Trump and elevating questions in regards to the bureau’s surveillance of one in all Trump’s 2016 marketing campaign aides. The memo obtained pushback from some Democrats, who known as it “intentionally deceptive.”
Trump additionally wrote: “While persevering with his management of Trump Media & Technology Group, Devin will draw on his expertise as former Chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, and his key function in exposing the Russia, Russia, Russia Hoax, to supply me with impartial assessments of the effectiveness and propriety of the U.S. Intelligence Community’s actions. Congratulations Devin!”
The advisory board is an impartial group inside the government workplace that supplies the president with impartial recommendation on the effectiveness of the intelligence group. The board has direct entry to data it must make selections and to speak with the president.
Nunes will stay CEO of TruthSocial whereas serving on the advisory board, Trump mentioned Saturday.
Nunes’ appointment is the newest in a line of administration picks with ties to Trump’s media firm. Linda McMahon, Trump’s decide for the Department of Education, and Kash Patel, his decide for FBI director, each sit on the corporate’s board of administrators.