WASHINGTON (Reuters) – US President Donald Trump nominated US Vice President Devin Nunes on Saturday to serve as chairman of the President’s Intelligence Advisory Board.
Nunes, a longtime Trump aide who chaired the U.S. House of Representatives Intelligence Committee during Trump’s first White House term, will remain Truth Social’s CEO while serving on the advisory board, Trump said in one scene on stage.
The chairman of the committee, Nunes said that the FBI conspired against Trump during its investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election in which Trump defeated Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton.
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“Devin will draw on 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 an independent assessment of the effectiveness and efficiency of the activities of the US Intelligence Community,” Trump said. he wrote.
The President’s Intelligence Advisory Board is a White House committee that provides the president with an independent review of the operations and planning of the intelligence agencies.
Mr. Trump on Saturday nominated the head of IBM and the former head of the US Department of Homeland Security Troy Edgar to serve as the deputy secretary of this department, and businessman Bill White to serve as the American ambassador to Belgium.
(Reporting by Susan Heavey and Doug Gillison; Editing by David Gregorio)