{"id":137644,"date":"2024-12-16T10:57:59","date_gmt":"2024-12-16T03:57:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=137644"},"modified":"2024-12-16T10:57:59","modified_gmt":"2024-12-16T03:57:59","slug":"trump-taps-devin-nunes-two-other-californians-for-administration-posts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=137644","title":{"rendered":"Trump taps Devin Nunes, two other Californians for administration posts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-element=\"story-body\" data-subscriber-content=\"\">\n<p>President-elect Donald Trump has tapped several Californians \u2014 including former San Joaquin Valley congressman Devin Nunes \u2014 for posts in his next administration.<\/p>\n<p>Nunes, a Republican and former dairy farmer from Tulare, <a class=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.latimes.com\/politics\/story\/2022-01-03\/devin-nunes-officially-resigns-from-congress-clearing-way-to-helm-trumps-social-media-empire\">resigned his House seat<\/a> after nearly two decades in 2022 to become chief executive of Trump Media &amp; Technology Group, which is the parent company of the president-elect\u2019s Truth Social platform. On Saturday, Trump announced on the platform that he had selected Nunes to serve as chairman of the President\u2019s Intelligence Advisory Board.<\/p>\n<p>The board \u201cexists exclusively to provide the President with an independent source of advice\u201d on intelligence matters, and \u201chas access to all information necessary to perform its functions,\u201d according to the Office of the Director of National Intelligence. Its members do not require Senate confirmation.<\/p>\n<p>Trump wrote that Nunes would use his experience as former chair of the House Intelligence Committee \u201cand his key role in exposing the Russia, Russia, Russia Hoax\u201d to provide Trump with \u201cindependent assessments of the effectiveness and propriety\u201d of actions taken by the U.S. intelligence agencies.<\/p>\n<p>Nunes was a <a class=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.latimes.com\/politics\/la-pol-ca-devin-nunes-memo-central-valley-20180206-story.html\">staunch ally of Trump<\/a> throughout the House\u2019s investigation into ties between Trump\u2019s 2016 campaign and Russia, which Nunes helped lead given his intelligence committee post. He dismissed various connections between Trump campaign officials and Russian assets even as now-Sen. Adam B. Schiff \u2014 a Democrat from California on the House Intelligence Committee \u2014 alleged Trump\u2019s team had <a class=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.latimes.com\/california\/story\/2024-10-07\/schiff-trump-california-senate-election-battle\">colluded with the Russians<\/a> and the Justice Department pursued its own investigation.<\/p>\n<p>Trump said Nunes would maintain his CEO position with Trump Media. Trump has also nominated other Trump Media officials to prominent posts in his administration \u2014 including pro wrestling mogul Linda McMahon<a class=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.latimes.com\/california\/story\/2024-11-19\/trump-taps-pro-wrestling-mogul-linda-mcmahon-for-secretary-of-education\"> for Education secretary<\/a>, and Kash Patel<a class=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.latimes.com\/world-nation\/story\/2024-11-30\/for-fbi-director-trump-taps-kash-patel-a-loyalist-who-would-aid-effort-to-upend-law-enforcement\"> for FBI director<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Patel is a former staffer on the Intelligence Committee under Nunes, and a fellow Trump loyalist.<\/p>\n<p>Nunes wrote on Truth Social that he was \u201clooking forward to serving our great nation again\u201d under Trump. On Fox News\u2019 \u201cSunday Morning Futures,\u201d Nunes sang Patel\u2019s praises and said they would work together \u2014 with Trump\u2019s other Justice and intelligence nominees \u2014 to \u201crestore integrity back into\u201d the system.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s critical to do what the president wants to do, what he promised the American people, [which] is to get these agencies focused on going after bad guys and keeping Americans safe,\u201d Nunes said.<\/p>\n<p>Trump also on Saturday named Richard \u201cRic\u201d Grenell, <a class=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.latimes.com\/world-nation\/story\/2020-02-19\/ap-sources-trump-expected-to-tap-loyalist-as-intel-official\">another loyalist<\/a> from California, as his \u201cenvoy for special missions\u201d \u2014 a role that does not currently exist.<\/p>\n<p>Grenell, who during Trump\u2019s first term served as acting director of national intelligence and as ambassador to Germany, previously worked at the United Nations Security Council. <\/p>\n<p>Trump said Grenell \u201cwill work in some of the hottest spots around the World, including Venezuela and North Korea,\u201d and \u201cwill continue to fight for Peace through Strength, and always put AMERICA FIRST.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Grenell called working  under Trump \u201can honor of a lifetime\u201d in a post on X.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPresident Trump is a problem solver who keeps Americans safe and prosperous,\u201d he wrote. \u201cWe have so much to do. Let\u2019s get to work.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Grenell is a firebrand known for his caustic attacks on social media. As ambassador, he was heavily criticized by German officials  \u2014 one called him <a class=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.latimes.com\/world-nation\/story\/2020-02-25\/richard-grenell-ambassador-germany-acting-director-national-intelligence\">\u201ca biased propaganda machine\u201d<\/a> \u2014 and his appointment as acting national intelligence director during Trump\u2019s first term was met with scorn from Democrats, who said he lacked the intelligence experience necessary for the post.<\/p>\n<p>Grenell, who has a home in Palm Springs and previously taught at the USC Annenberg School of Communication, has also drawn both support and derision from California lawmakers.<\/p>\n<p>Grenell, who is gay, <a class=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.latimes.com\/politics\/story\/2024-08-08\/election-harris-lgbtq-people-trump\">has been flagged<\/a> as anti-LGBTQ+ by queer rights groups for railing against transgender youth rights and the Equality Act. When California Republicans honored Grenell on the state Senate floor in the name of Pride Month in 2023, several <a class=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.latimes.com\/california\/story\/2023-06-26\/california-gop-honors-richard-grennell-on-senate-floor-sparking-outrage-during-lgbt-pride-month\">Democrats walked off<\/a> the floor in protest \u2014 including gay state Sen. Scott Wiener (D-San Francisco), who called Grenell \u201ca guy who is truly a self-hating gay man, who takes tons of anti-LGBTQ positions.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Trump on Saturday also nominated former Los Alamitos Mayor Troy Edgar to serve as deputy secretary of Homeland Security.<\/p>\n<p>Edgar, an IBM executive, previously served in Trump\u2019s first term as chief financial officer and as associate deputy undersecretary of management for Homeland Security. <\/p>\n<p>In a Truth Social post announcing his selection, Trump credited Edgar with helping to lead a \u201crevolt\u201d against sanctuary cities as mayor of Los Alamitos, a tiny Orange County city.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am very excited to have Troy on our team, as he will help us Make America Great Again!\u201d Trump wrote.<\/p>\n<p>The California Values Act, which took effect Jan. 1, 2018, restricts local law enforcement cooperation with federal immigration officials in many cases. Edgar and other Los Alamitos officials <a class=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.latimes.com\/local\/california\/la-me-oc-anti-sanctuary-leaders-to-meet-trump-20180514-story.html\">approved an ordinance<\/a> that tried to exempt the city from the state law \u2014 galvanizing support from other conservative officials in the state and drawing the attention of Trump, who invited Edgar to the White House.<\/p>\n<p>The Trump administration sued to block the California law, but the Supreme Court <a class=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.latimes.com\/politics\/story\/2020-06-15\/supreme-court-rejects-trumps-challenge-to-california-sanctuary-law\">rejected the challenge<\/a> in 2020, leaving the law intact.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><div data-type=\"_mgwidget\" data-widget-id=\"1660802\">\r\n<\/div>\r\n<script>(function(w,q){w[q]=w[q]||[];w[q].push([\"_mgc.load\"])})(window,\"_mgq\");\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.latimes.com\/california\/story\/2024-12-15\/trump-taps-nunes-other-californians-for-administration-posts\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President-elect Donald Trump has tapped several Californians \u2014 including former San Joaquin Valley congressman Devin Nunes \u2014 for posts in his next administration. 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