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Trump appoints longtime foreign policy adviser Richard Grenell to serve as special missions envoy

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US President-elect Donald Trump on Saturday named loyalist Devin Nunes, who heads his social media platform Truth Social, to serve as chairman of a White House intelligence advisory board.

Mr Nunes is a Republican ex-congressman from California who led the US House intelligence committee during the start of Mr Trump's first presidential term.

He has accused the Federal Bureau of Investigation of abusing its powers to spy on a Mr Trump election campaign official who had extensive Russian contacts.