Trump names Truth Social head as chair of intelligence advisory board

Devin Nunes is a former lawmaker who accused FBI of conspiring against Trump during Russian election interference inquiry

Donald Trump on Saturday named ally Devin Nunes, a former US lawmaker who now runs Trump’s Truth Social social media platform, to serve as chair of president’s intelligence advisory board.

Nunes, a longtime Trump defender who led the US House of Representatives intelligence committee during part of Trump’s first White House term, will remain Truth Social CEO while serving on the advisory panel, Trump said in a post on the platform.