“He proved his bravery when he risked his own life to save mine,” assured the American president about Sean Curran, chosen to lead the service in charge of the protection of senior political figures in the United States.
Donald Trump has appointed Sean Curran, an agent present at the assassination attempt against him in July in Pennsylvania, to head the Secret Service, responsible for protecting senior political figures in the United States. “Sean is a great patriot who has protected my family over the past several years, which is why I trust him to lead the brave men and women of the Secret Service.”declared the American president on his Truth Social platform. “He proved his bravery when he risked his own life to save mine from an assassin’s bullet in Butler, Pennsylvania.”he added.
On July 13, Donald Trump narrowly escaped an assassination attempt when, in the middle of a meeting, a young man shot the Republican candidate, injuring him in the ear, killing a supporter in the stands and injuring two others. Shooter Thomas Matthew Crooks, 20, was shot and killed by the Secret Service shortly after opening fire from the roof of a nearby building. Images of Donald Trump, blood streaming down his face and his fist raised, went around the world and the event was seen as a pivotal moment in the presidential campaign.
“Failure” and “negligence”
It also led to the resignation of the director of the Secret Service, Kimberly Cheatle. The interim director who replaced her, Ronald Rowe, later admitted «shortcomings in upstream planning » to Butler, also evoking “negligence” of certain members of the team on site.
-A new alleged assassination attempt took place in September, when the Republican candidate was playing golf at his club in West Palm Beach, Florida. A man armed with a rifle escaped from bushes along the side of the course after a Secret Service agent opened fire on him. The suspect, Ryan Routh, was arrested and charged with attempted assassination of a presidential candidate.
According to Donald Trump, Sean Curran has 23 years of experience within the Secret Service and was in charge of the presidential protection division during the Republican’s first term.
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