President Trump picked Sean Curran, one of the agents who shielded him during the Butler, Pa., assassination attempt, to lead ...

Trump named Sean Curran, the head of his personal Secret Service security detail, as his nominee for director of the U.S.

The president taps Sean Curran, who has led his security detail, to take over the federal law enforcement agency.

Mr. Curran, a current agent, will take the helm of an agency that has been the focus of several investigations since the July ...

“It is my great honor to appoint Sean Curran as the next Director of the United States Secret Service,” Trump said in a statement. “Sean is a Great Patriot, who has protected my family over ...

The Secret Service is one of the country’s oldest federal investigative agencies, founded in 1865 to stop counterfeiters. There are approximately 3,200 special agents and an additional 1,300 uniformed ...

“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 posted on ...

(AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File) “It is my great honor to appoint Sean Curran as the next Director of the United States Secret Service. Sean is a Great Patriot, who has protected my family over the ...