Trump’s incoming Secret Service Director Sean Curran is expected to clean house on his first day on the job, according to Real Clear Politics.
“On incoming Secret Service Director Sean Curran’s first day in the new role, 5-10 senior leadership officials, including former Director Ron Rowe, were warned that they would either be fired, moved, or pressed into retirement, according to three sources in the Secret Service community,” RCP reporter Susan Crabtree said on Thursday.
President Trump on Wednesday announced Sean Curran, one of the agents who surrounded him following the Butler assassination attempt, as the new Secret Service Director.
“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 past few years, and that is why I trust him to lead the Brave Men and Women of the United States Secret Service,” Trump said on Truth Social on Wednesday.
“Sean has 23 years of Law Enforcement experience, starting his career in Secret Service in 2001, as a Special Agent in the Newark Field Office, where he conducted protection, intelligence, investigations, recruitment, and logistics support for the district. During my First Term, Sean served as the Assistant Special Agent in Charge of the Presidential Protective Division, with direct oversight and responsibility of multiple protectees, and enhanced security plans for my residences,” Trump said.
“Sean has distinguished himself as a brilliant leader, who is capable of directing and leading operational security plans for some of the most complex Special Security Events in the History of our Country, and the World. He proved his fearless courage when he risked his own life to help save mine from an assassin’s bullet in Butler, Pennsylvania. I have complete and total confidence in Sean to make the United States Secret Service stronger than ever before,” Trump added.
Secret Service Director appointments do not require a Senate confirmation vote.
Curran will replace Ron Rowe who was serving as the acting Secret Service Director after Kim Cheatle resigned over the summer.
According to Real Clear Politics reporter Susan Crabtree, Sean Curran is going to oust up to 10 senior leadership officials in the Secret Service.
One person who needs to go immediately is Chief Operating Officer Cynthia Sjoberg Radway because she is close to Kimberly Cheatle, Susan Crabtree warned.
More details on this developing story from Susan Crabtree:
Curran is getting inundated with information on which top officials on the 8th floor of headquarters to oust or replace. I’m hearing quite a few names of top officials on the removal wishlist, as well as names of those Curran or other members of his new leadership team already informed that their leadership services are no longer needed.
One constant refrain is that Chief Operating Officer Cynthia Sjoberg Radway needs. to be removed STAT. Radway was incredibly close to former Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle, who resigned under pressure from Congress after the assassination attempt in Butler. In fact, Radway became good friends with Cheatle during a previous stint working for the agency. When Cheatle became director, she brought her back to work more directly for her in the COO role and gave her a bonus to do so, according to multiple sources. The fear is that Radway, if allowed to stay, will continue to serve as a pipeline of information back to Cheatle. She also has crossed many agents Curran respects.
“She will be a major roadblock to positive progress,” if allowed to stay, one source in the Secret Service community told RCP.
‼️‼️‼️One of the biggest complaints I’m hearing – and this is a big development — is that several top officials targeted for ousting didn’t tell Curran or ANYONE ON THE GROUND involved in security planning for the Butler rally about the threats against Trump pre-J13. Those officials are: Cheatle, Rowe, and David Torres, the assistant director of Strategic Intelligence and Information, according to two sources with first-hand knowledge, according to a well-placed source in the Secret Service community.
EXCLUSIVE and BREAKING: THE SECRET SERVICE HAS BEGUN TO CLEAN HOUSE:
On incoming Secret Service Director Sean Curran’s first day in the new role, 5-10 senior leadership officials, including former Director Ron Rowe, were warned that they would either be fired, moved, or… pic.twitter.com/yUqGmiZgrh— Susan Crabtree (@susancrabtree) January 23, 2025
Rowe is a typical Washington bureaucrat who led the bureau before the second assassination attempt on Trump’s life during the 2024 Campaign.
Director Rowe also was caught in a blatant lie after President Trump was shot in the ear in Butler, Pennsylvania. Rowe said at the time that all assets were approved for the Trump Butler rally. Later, a whistleblower stepped forward and revealed that Rowe was personally responsible for cutting assets from President Trump’s Secret Service detail before the first assassination attempt.
Kimberly Cheatle resigned in July after Secret Service security lapses led to an attempted assassination of Trump.
President Trump was grazed in the ear after a 20-year-old gunman named Thomas Matthew Crooks climbed on a roof and took several shots at Trump and rallygoers in Butler, Pennsylvania, on July 13.
Cheatle appeared before the House Oversight Committee over the summer to answer questions about the so-called security breaches that led to an assassination attempt on Trump during his Butler rally.
She stonewalled during the interview. She refused to answer any pertinent questions! Cheatle did not answer any important questions and blamed it on “an ongoing investigation.”
