Representative Devin Nunes (R-CA) speaks during a House Intelligence Committee hearing on worldwide threats in Washington, D.C., U.S., April 15, 2021. Al Drago/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo
WASHINGTON, Dec 6 (Reuters) - U.S. Representative Devin Nunes, the top Republican on the House Intelligence Committee, will leave Congress to become chief executive officer of former President Donald Trump's new social media venture, the company said on Monday.
Nunes, 48, will assume his new role in January, the Trump Media & Technology Group said in a statement.
Media reports said an early proposal for redrawing the congressional map in California had tilted Nunes' district toward Democrats, possibly giving the 10-term congressman a tougher path to re-election.
Nunes was first elected in 2002, and chaired the House intelligence panel from January 2015 to January 2019. He has been an ardent Trump supporter, voting against certifying Democrat Joe Biden's 2020 election victory following Trump's false claims of election fraud.
He was also among the most vocal defenders of Trump during the investigation into Russia's role in the 2016 U.S. presidential election.
Trump, in the company statement, said Nunes "understands that we must stop the liberal media and Big Tech from destroying the freedoms that make America great." The group has yet to roll out the social media app it says it is developing.
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