Devin Nunes to quit Congress and head Trump's new platform | First Thing
Republican congressman to become head of Donald Trump's social media platform. Plus, source of California's stench of death' found
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Devin Nunes, the California congressman and close ally of Donald Trump, has announced he will be leaving the US House of Representatives next month to join Trump's new social media venture.
Who is Devin Nunes? The 48-year-old has served as a congressman since 2003 and became known as one of Trump's staunchest defenders in the House during his first impeachment.
Meanwhile, Wall Street's top financial regulators are investigating Trump's $1.25bn deal to float his new social media venture on the stock market, a filing showed on Monday.
What did the DoJ say? In a news release on Monday, it said there was insufficient evidence to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that she lied to the FBI".
Why was the case so infamous? Till's murder galvanized the civil rights movement after Till's mother insisted on an open casket and Jet magazine published photos of his brutalized body.
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