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JUST IN: Trump Officially Names Secret Service Director

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President Donald Trump confirmed the news that he would be appointing his longtime head of security to lead the embattled U.S. Secret Service, capping an extraordinary takeover of an agency so crammed with incompetence that it nearly cost Trump his life — twice.

In a length post on Truth Social, the 47th president announced that Sean Curran will become the next director of the presidential protection service. Curran has been by Trump’s side since he left the White House in 2021, leading a team of approximately 85 agents tasked with providing the former president lifetime protection.

“It is my great honor to appoint Sean Curran as the next Director of the United States Secret Service. Sean is a Great Patriot, who has protected my family over the past few years, and that is why I trust him to lead the Brave Men and Women of the United States Secret Service,” wrote Trump.

Curran, who joined the Secret Service in 2001, has served in a variety of roles over 23 years, affording him the depth of knowledge needed to overhaul the beleaguered agency. He has performed protection, intelligence, investigations, recruitment, and logistics support, according to his biography.

“During my First Term, Sean served as the Assistant Special Agent in Charge of the Presidential Protective Division, with direct oversight and responsibility of multiple protectees, and enhanced security plans for my residences,” Trump continued.

“Sean has distinguished himself as a brilliant leader, who is capable of directing and leading operational security plans for some of the most complex Special Security Events in the History of our Country, and the World. He proved his fearless courage when he risked his own life to help save mine from an assassin’s bullet in Butler, Pennsylvania. I have complete and total confidence in Sean to make the United States Secret Service stronger than ever before,” he added.

“Thank you Sean, and Congratulations!”

Curran was in charge of Secret Service agents the day of the Butler assassination attempt and famously dove on President Trump to shield him after the first bullet struck his ear. He contributed to state and federal investigations into the security failures that day; however, he did not shoulder the blame. Instead, former director Kimberly Cheatle resigned, and further revelations by acting director Ronald Rowe revealed that the agency failed to properly assign partner agencies to cover the perimeter of the Trump rally where the shooter found a vantage point.

Curran has also been at the forefront of overhauling Trump’s Secret Service protection after a number of critical security lapses came to light following the Butler shooting.

On one occasion, a member of Trump’s detail was reprimanded for posting photos on social media showing Mar-a-Lago and exposing vulnerabilities to the open world. During an event last year, a female agent reportedly left her station to breastfeed her infant child.

A Bitcoin conference in Nashville had to be temporarily locked down after two non-credentialed individuals made their way past metal detectors. Neither turned out to pose a threat, but Trump was held backstage until both individuals could be located in a crowd of hundreds waiting to hear him speak.