Excerpt: Ezra Cohen-Watnick, a former White House National Security Council staffer who since Nov. 10 has been acting undersecretary of defense for intelligence, received one of the most potentially significant roles on the declassification panel.
Cohen-Watnick will serve as chairman of the nine-person Public Interest Declassification Board, a little-known entity based at the National Archives that is supposed to advocate for public access to classified documents. The position currently is vacant.
Cohen-Watnick brings with him familiarity with the FBI’s Russia investigation that ultimately found no evidence of Trump conspiring with Russia. Trump has urged maximum release of documents on that investigation and has accused federal bureaucrats of moving too slowly.
https://nypost.com/2020/12/22/trump-appoints-allies-to-range-of-federal-boards/
Pres. Trump appointing allies to various boards is no different than what Pres. Obama did during his last 30 days or so. I wouldn’t be surprised if most recent Presidents did this.
The question is, does this mean Pres. Trump thinks he has lost?