WASHINGTON, Dec 14 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald

Trump on Saturday named ally Devin Nunes, a former U.S. lawmaker

who now runs Trump's Truth Social social media platform,

to serve as chairman of President's Intelligence Advisory

Board.

Nunes, a longtime Trump defender who led the U.S. 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.

As committee chair, Nunes alleged that the FBI had

conspired against Trump during its investigation of Russian

interference in the 2016 presidential elections in which Trump

defeated Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton.

"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," Trump wrote.

The President's Intelligence Advisory Board is a White

House panel that offers the president independent assessments of

intelligence agencies' effectiveness and planning.

Trump on Saturday also named IBM ( IBM ) executive and former

U.S. Department of Homeland Security official Troy Edgar to

serve as the department's deputy secretary, and businessman Bill

White to serve as the U.S. ambassador to Belgium.