On Saturday, future US President Donald Trump named Devin Nunes, who runs his social network Truth Social, to chair a White House intelligence advisory board.
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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 hoax to provide me with independent assessments on the effectiveness and goodness -based on the activities of the American intelligence community,” explains Donald Trump in a press release.
Devin Nunes is a former congressman who led the intelligence committee there early in Trump’s first presidential term.
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This Republican had accused the FBI of having abused its powers to spy on a manager of Donald Trump’s electoral campaign who had numerous contacts with Russia, during the investigation into Russian interference in the US presidential election. 2016.
Mr. Trump said in his statement that Nunes would remain CEO of Truth Social while leading the advisory board.
The President’s Intelligence Advisory Board (PIAB) is supposed to be an independent source on intelligence work.
The appointment comes two weeks after Mr. Trump, who is due to be sworn in as president on January 20, named Kash Patel as director of the FBI, replacing current director Christopher Wray.
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