Trump appoints his bodyguard as Secret Service director
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US President Donald Trump has appointed Sean Curran as director of the US Secret Service, according to Trump's statement on his Truth Social platform. Curran is known for rushing to cover Trump during the assassination attempt last summer.
Trump said that Curran 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.”
Curran was previously the special agent in charge of Trump's security for four years and rushed to cover him on stage during the first assassination attempt on July 13 in Butler, Pennsylvania. As head of the former president's security team, he oversaw the work of 85 people.
“He proved his fearless courage when he risked his own life to help save mine from an assassin’s bullet in Butler, Pennsylvania,” Trump wrote.
Curran joined the agency in September 2001 and was promoted to deputy special agent in charge of presidential protection on December 29. This unit, with hundreds of agents, is responsible for protecting the current president and his first family.
According to CBS News, Trump's choice contradicts the recommendations of two bipartisan commissions that in 2015 and earlier this year recommended that the next president choose a person who is not an employee of the agency to be the director.
Unlike other positions in the government or the FBI director, the appointment of the head of the Secret Service does not require Senate confirmation.
Curran will replace Ronald Rowe, who has been acting director since July when Secret Service director Kimberly Cheadle resigned after a sharp reaction to the agency's failure to prevent a potential assassin from attacking Trump during a campaign rally, as well as the wounding of two rally participants and the killing of 50-year-old rally participant Corey Comperatore.
