Trump picks Sean Curran to lead Secret Service

President Trump has chosen Sean Curran, who led Mr. Trump’s personal security during the campaign and rushed to protect him during an assassination attempt, to be the next Secret Service director.

“Sean is a great patriot who has protected my family over the past several years, and that is why I trust him to lead the courageous men and women of the United States Secret Service,” Mr. Trump wrote on his platform on Wednesday. social media. , citing the attempt on his life during a rally in July. “He proved his intrepid courage when he risked his own life to help save mine from an assassin’s bullet in Butler, Pennsylvania.”

Mr. Curran is a native of the New York area and began his career as a special agent in the agency’s Newark field office. He later worked in the dignitary protection division and with President Barack Obama, said Jonathan Wackrow, a former agent who worked for years with Mr. Curran.

Mr. Curran is an unusual choice for Secret Service director, a position that does not require Senate confirmation. Currently an agent and not working at the agency’s headquarters in Washington, he skipped many positions to become director.

Although he does not have the managerial experience that previous directors had when they rose to the role, Mr. Curran has a strong reputation as an agent, according to those who have worked with him.

“While it is not traditional, there is nothing traditional about this new administration,” Mr. Wackrow said, describing Mr. Curran as a trusted, detail-oriented officer with an intimate understanding of the agency. and a keen sense of humor. “He is very popular. He is affable.