President Donald Trump on Saturday named his ally Devin Nunes, a former U.S. congressman who now runs Trump’s social media platform Truth Social, as chairman of the President’s Intelligence Advisory Council.
Nunes, a longtime Trump defender and chair of the House Intelligence Committee during Trump’s first term, will become CEO of Truth Social while serving on the advisory board. He will stay, President Trump said in a post on his platform.
As chairman, Nunes alleged that the FBI colluded against Trump during its investigation into alleged Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election, in which Trump defeated Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton.
President Trump: “Mr. Devin will use his experience as former chairman of the House Intelligence Committee and his critical role in exposing Russian, Russian, and Russian disinformation to provide insight into the effectiveness and appropriateness of the work of the U.S. intelligence community.” They will provide me with an independent evaluation.”
The Presidential Intelligence Advisory Board is a White House committee that provides the President with an independent assessment of the effectiveness and programs of the intelligence community.
President Trump on Saturday nominated IBM executive and former Department of Homeland Security official Troy Edgar to be the agency’s deputy secretary, and businessman Bill White to be the U.S. ambassador to Belgium.
Edgar was President Trump’s former chief financial officer and deputy assistant secretary for homeland security. Mr. White is the former CEO of the Intrepid Museum in New York City, the current CEO of Constellations Group, and a longtime friend of Mr. Trump.
Trump said in a post on Truth Social that Edgar “previously served as Mayor of Los Alamitos, California, and helped lead the city and county’s revolt against Sanctuary City in 2018.” said.
Also on Saturday, President Trump announced that he would select former intelligence director Richard Grenell as special presidential envoy for special assignments. “Rick will be working in some of the hottest places in the world, including Venezuela and North Korea,” Trump said on Truth Social.
