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Trump Appoints Sean Curran As New Secret Service Director

January 22, 2025

President Donald Trump raises his fist as he is rushed off the stage during a rally in Butler, Pennsylvania on July 13, 2024. Sean Curran is pictured above, to the left of President Trump (to the viewer's right). (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

OAN Staff Brooke Mallory
6:00 PM – Wednesday, January 22, 2025

Sean Curran was appointed Wednesday by President Trump as Director of the U.S. Secret Intelligence Service.

Unlike other Cabinet positions or the role of FBI director, appointing someone to head the Secret Service does not require Senate confirmation.

In a post on his Truth Social platform, President Trump said Curran was “a great patriot who has protected my family over the past few years, which is why I recognize him as the leader of America's secret brave men and women.” I trust him as such.” service. “

Mr. Curran reportedly jumped to protect Mr. Trump on stage during the first attempt on his life on July 13.^th After serving as a special agent in charge of a security detail for four years, he was stationed in Butler, Pennsylvania. He was in charge of 85 employees as a personal security guard for the former president.

“He demonstrated his fearless courage when he risked his life to save mine from an assassin's bullet in Butler, Pennsylvania,” President Trump said Wednesday.

Mr. Curran started working for the agency in September 2001 and was appointed on December 29th.^thhe was promoted to the position of Deputy Special Agent in charge of the Presidential Guard Division. It is the responsibility of that team to protect the current president and his first family, with hundreds of agents working for them.

Mr. Curran has been acting as the acting director since former Secret Service chief Kimberly Cheatle resigned in July after receiving harsh criticism for failing to stop a would-be assassin from targeting President Trump during Mr. Butler's campaign rally. He will succeed Ronald L. Lowe, who has served as She was also blamed for authorities' failure to stop the shooting death of rallygoer Cory Comperatore, 50, and the gunshot injuries to two other rallygoers who were taken to the hospital after the incident. .