Trump picks new Secret Service director
President Donald Trump announced Wednesday the head of his protective security detail would serve as the new director of the U.S. Secret Service.
Sean Curran, a longtime Secret Service agent, began his career with the agency in 2001 as a special agent in the Newark Field Office, previously served as assistant special agent in charge of the Presidential Protective Division and was part of Trump's personal protective detail on July 13 when a gunman attempted to assassinate him.
"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," Trump wrote in a post on Truth Social.
He added, "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."
The former director of the agency, Kimberly Cheatle, came under scrutiny over the agency's failure to prevent the assassination attempt and later resigned.