Trump taps Devin Nunes to lead president’s Intelligence Advisory Board

President-elect Trump picked Devin Nunes, the chief executive of his social media platform Truth Social, to head the president’s Intelligence Advisory Board, he announced Saturday.

Nunes, a former California Republican congressman, will chair the body that offers the president advice on the effectiveness of the nation’s intelligence community and is made up of “distinguished citizens from outside of the Federal Government,” Trump wrote on Truth Social. 

In addition to his new role, Nunes will continue to lead the Trump Media & Technology Group, Trump said. 

Prior to his role as the CEO of Trump Media & Technology Group, Nunes served in the US House of Representatives for nearly two decades. 

During the first Trump administration, when Republicans controlled the chamber, Nunes chaired the House Intelligence Committee, where he and other Trump allies assailed the FBI’s Russia investigation and the special counsel Robert Mueller’s probe. 

Nunes also was a stalwart defender of Trump during his first impeachment, and Trump awarded him with the Medal of Freedom in January 2021. 

“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 independent assessments of the effectiveness and propriety of the U.S. Intelligence Community’s activities,” he wrote. 

Other appointments announced Saturday include businessman and former Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum president Bill White, who was tapped to serve as the US ambassador to Belgium.

IBM executive and former Department of Homeland Security official Troy Edgar, meanwhile, got the nod to serve as DHS deputy secretary.