President-elect Donald Trump on Saturday named Devin Nunes, the CEO of Trump’s TruthSocial platform, as chairman of the President’s Intelligence Advisory Board.
“I am pleased to announce that I will appoint TruthSocial CEO Devin Nunes as Chairman of the President’s Intelligence Advisory Board, which consists of distinguished citizens from outside of the Federal Government,” Trump announced on TruthSocial.
Nunes, a key Trump ally and former representative from California, left Congress in 2021 to become the CEO of Trump Media and Technology Group, which runs TruthSocial. During his time in Congress, Nunes chaired the House Intelligence Committee and was one of Trump’s most staunch allies.
As chair of the Intelligence Committee, Nunes released a memo in 2018 alleging an FBI conspiracy against Trump and raising questions about the bureau’s surveillance of one of Trump’s 2016 campaign aides. The memo received pushback from some Democrats, who called it “deliberately misleading.”
Trump also wrote: “While continuing his leadership of Trump Media & Technology Group, 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. Congratulations Devin!”
The advisory board is an independent group within the executive office that provides the president with independent advice on the effectiveness of the intelligence community. The board has direct access to information it needs to make decisions and to communicate with the president.
Nunes will remain CEO of TruthSocial while serving on the advisory board, Trump said Saturday.
Nunes’ appointment is the latest in a line of administration picks with ties to Trump’s media company. Linda McMahon, Trump’s pick for the Department of Education, and Kash Patel, his pick for FBI director, both sit on the company’s board of directors.
