President-elect Donald Trump will choose to lead the US Secret Service one of the agents who covered him after a gunmen opened fire at the candidate during a campaign rally in Pennsylvania.
Donald Trump Jr. said his father will be naming Sean Curran, who heads the president-elect's personal detail as special agent in charge, to be Secret Service director.
Sean is a great patriot and will stop all the insanity once and for all. There's not a better person to be in this position! Trump Jr. posted on X on Friday.
The agency has been under scrutiny and pressure after Trump was wounded in the assassination attempt at a July 13, 2024, rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, and after a second failed assassination attempt at his Florida golf course on September 15.
In the first attempt, Trump's right ear was grazed by a bullet. He wasn't injured in the second one.
One of the main criticisms was that local and federal law enforcement agencies weren't communicating effectively and that the lapse ..