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

President Donald Trump named Sean Curran as his Secret Service director, the man who personally protected him against the gunman who tried to assassinate him last year in Butler, Pennsylvania. Curran was the head of Trump’s personal Secret Service detail and stood to his left while Trump’s famous fist-raising,

Sean Curran previously served as the special agent in charge of President Trump's security detail and sprung to cover him on stage during the assassination attempt at a rally in Butler, Pennsylvania.