A former GOP lawmaker who abandoned his safe House seat to go to work for President Donald Trump —only to be fired — is now running a wine bar, reports show.
In a tongue-in-cheek column for the San Francisco Gate, journalist Anabel Sosa reminded readers that ex-Rep. Devin Nunes (R-CA) was once known as the president's "stooge" during his time in Congress.
Jon Fleishman, former California Republican Party, openly cracked jokes about the job shift.
“I don’t know what’s better preparation for opening a wine bar, serving in Congress or being a part of the Trump organization,” Fleishman said. “Either of them would wanna make me drink a lot of wine.”
Nunes is serving wine in a beachfront community once known as the "Clam Capital of the World" — a plummet from his tenure as CEO of Truth Social where he made $47 million in 2024.
He made headlines during the first Trump administration as a Central Valley representative accused of meddling in Trump's Russia investigation to protect the president.
He also sued a parody Twitter account called "Devin Nunes' Cow" for $250 million after it called him a "treasonous cowpoke."
Nunes left Congress to run Trump's social media platform and has since re-emerged as a wine investor and owner of a new tasting room in Pismo Beach called the Nunes Wine Company.
During his time in Congress, Nunes became one of Trump's biggest defenders amid an investigation into whether Russia interfered with the 2016 presidential election. He faced blowback after he was accused of colluding with the White House but was eventually cleared of any wrongdoing by an ethics committee, Sosa wrote.
In 2021, Nunes resigned from Congress to become CEO of Trump Media & Technology Group, which owns Truth Social. He left that position in April of this year.
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