Intel Enlists Trump Official to Oversee Government Affairs

Intel Corp. named Robin Colwell as senior vice president of government affairs, enlisting a Trump administration official to oversee the chipmaker’s relationship with policymakers and regulators.

Colwell had served as deputy assistant to President Donald Trump and deputy director of the National Economic Council. She will remain in Washington as part of the new job, Intel said in a statement Monday.

The move follows an unconventional deal with Trump that turned the US government into Intel’s biggest investor. Under that agreement, which was hammered out in August, Intel sold a stake worth nearly 10% in exchange for billions of dollars. ...