WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump on Saturday named ally Devin Nunes as chairman of the President’s Intelligence Advisory Council. The operator of the “Truth Social” social media platform.
Trump posted on the platform that Nunes is a long-time defender of Trump who led the U.S. House of Representatives Intelligence Committee during part of Trump’s first White House term. Nunes will continue to serve as a member of the Truth advisory panel while serving as a member of the advisory panel. CEO of Social.
As chairman of the committee, Nunes alleged that the FBI conspired against Trump during the investigation into Russian interference in Trump’s 2016 presidential election victory over Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton.
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“Devin will use his experience as the former chairman of the House Intelligence Committee and his key role in exposing the Russia, Russia, Russia hoax to provide me with an independent review of the effectiveness and appropriateness of the U.S. intelligence community’s activities,” Trump said. Evaluate.
The President’s Intelligence Advisory Council is a White House panel charged with providing the president with an independent assessment of the effectiveness and planning of the intelligence agencies.
On Saturday, Trump also named Troy Edgar, an IBM executive and former U.S. Department of Homeland Security official, as deputy secretary of Homeland Security, and businessman Bill White as U.S. ambassador to Belgium.
(Reporting by Susan Seavey and Doug Gillison; Editing by David Gregorio)
