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The current Secret Service Director allegedly failed to take proper steps to safeguard President Donald Trump’s life before the fateful Butler, Pennsylvania rally, according to an alarming new report. ..... Snip..... Now, a startling revelation from Real Clear Politics National Correspondent Susan Crabtree alleges that Curran and two others gave the green light to the unacceptable security plan that gave Crooks an open shot at Trump. How did Team Trump miss this? From Crabtree: Who signed off on the Butler security plan the day before the Butler rally, even though there were discrepancies on how the AGR building roof would...

President Trump announced Wednesday that he selected Sean Curran, one of the agents who rushed on stage during the Butler, Pa., assassination attempt, to serve as director of the Secret Service in his second term. “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,” the president wrote in a Truth Social post. Trump, 78, touted Curran’s 23 years of experience at the Secret Service and his work as assistant special agent in charge of...

President-elect Donald Trump has selected one of the Secret Service agents who protected him after a gunman opened fire at a campaign rally in Pennsylvania to lead the agency. Sean Curran, the special agent in charge of Trump's personal security detail, will take the helm as director at a time when the agency faces mounting scrutiny after two failed attempts on the president-elect's life. The announcement was made by Trump's son, Donald Trump Jr., who praised Curran's dedication and character in a post on X (formerly Twitter) on Friday Why It Matters The decision comes after a turbulent period for...

John Solomon @jsolomonReports Trump to nominate Sean Curran, head of his personal detail, to be Secret Service director From justthenews.com 9:50 AM · Jan 18, 2025

President-elect Donald Trump is expected to pick his current Secret Service detail leader, Sean Curran, to be the new director of the United States Secret Service, according to multiple sources familiar with the decision. For the past four years, Curran has led Trump’s detail and is known to have a close, personal relationship with the president-elect, sources said. Several sources, however, also raised significant concerns that Curran lacks the managerial experience to run an agency as large and complex as the Secret Service. On Trump’s detail, Curran supervised about 85 people. He has never managed the kind of budget or...

Sean Curran, the Secret Service Agent in the iconic photo of President Trump after the assassination attempt in Butler, Pennsylvania in July is the leading candidate for Secret Service Director. Other names being floated for the position include Dan Bongino and Tom Armas. Per Susan Crabtree of RealClearPolitics: