{"id":2412389,"date":"2025-03-11T10:53:40","date_gmt":"2025-03-11T14:53:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/secret-service-agent-who-protected-trump-during-butler-assassination-attempt-sworn-in-as-agency-director\/"},"modified":"2025-03-11T10:55:21","modified_gmt":"2025-03-11T14:55:21","slug":"secret-service-agent-who-protected-trump-during-butler-assassination-attempt-sworn-in-as-agency-director","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/secret-service-agent-who-protected-trump-during-butler-assassination-attempt-sworn-in-as-agency-director\/","title":{"rendered":"Secret Service Agent Who Protected Trump During Butler Assassination Attempt Sworn In as Agency Director"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fsecret-service-agent-who-protected-trump-during-butler-assassination-attempt-sworn-in-as-agency-director%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2412389&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Sean Curran, a long-time Secret\u2063 service agent who has \u2064worked to protect\u2063 President Donald Trump, has been appointed as the\u200d director of the \u200bSecret Service.\u2063 He was sworn in by Homeland Security \u200dSecretary \u200bKristi \u2064Noem in\u200d the Oval Office.\u2062 Trump has praised Curran \u200das a capable leader who <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">demonstrated great courage<\/a> during an assassination attempt against him in Butler, Pennsylvania, \u2062last year. Curran joined the Secret service\u200c in 2001 and has held various positions, including protecting former President Barack Obama. Notably, he was involved \u200dduring\u200b the assassination attempt and is recognized in a memorable\u2064 photo\u200c taken during that incident. Curran\u2063 recently made headlines \u2062by honoring a 13-year-old\u200b cancer survivor\u2062 by making him an honorary \u2062member of the Secret service during a speech by Trump.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>Sean Curran, a Secret Service agent who has been working to protect President Donald Trump for years and who was with him during last summer&rsquo;s assassination attempt in Butler, Pennsylvania, is now the director of the agency.<\/p>\n<p>White House communications advisor Margo Martin <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/MargoMartin47\/status\/1899212885542293842\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">posted a picture<\/a> of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem swearing in Curran on Monday in the Oval Office.<\/p>\n<p>Trump previously said in a statement that Curran is &ldquo;a brilliant leader who is capable of directing and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-names-sean-curran-new-secret-service-director-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"... names ... new ... director - Washington Examiner\">leading operational security plans<\/a> for some of the most complex special security events,&rdquo; according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtontimes.com\/news\/2025\/mar\/10\/sean-curran-sworn-director-secret-service\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Washington Times<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;He proved his fearless courage when he risked his own life to help save mine from an assassin&rsquo;s bullet in Butler, Pennsylvania,&rdquo; Trump wrote.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I have complete and total confidence in Sean to make the United States Secret Service stronger than ever before.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"stnvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} \t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<p>Video of Curran being sworn in was posted by Noem on X and can be viewed <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Sec_Noem\/status\/1899258283661160863\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Curran joined the Secret Service in 2001, according to the Times.<\/p>\n<p>He was assigned to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/secret-service-shoots-armed-man-near-white-house\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Presidential<\/a> Protective Division between 2008 and 2013, when he protected former President Barack Obama and his family.<\/p>\n<p>Curran then served as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/150-missing-children-found-in-tennessee-as-part-of-operation-volunteer-strong\/\" title=\"150 Missing Children Found In Tennessee As Part Of \u2018Operation Volunteer Strong\u2019\">assistant special agent<\/a> in charge of the Dignitary Protective Division between 2014 and 2016.<\/p>\n<p>He received a promotion in 2018 and started to serve as assistant special agent in charge of the Presidential Protective Division.<\/p>\n<p>Perhaps most notably, Curran was indeed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/secret-service-agent-iconic-trump-assassination-attempt-photo-speaks-day-now-havent-stopped\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">present<\/a> when Trump was nearly killed last year at a rally in Pennsylvania.<\/p>\n<p>He <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/libsoftiktok\/status\/1899221134958112856\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">is pictured<\/a> next to Trump in the iconic photo of the bloodied commander-in-chief pumping his fist in the air with the American flag behind his head.<\/p>\n<p>Curran can be seen wearing sunglasses and looking toward the camera, clearly eager to get Trump to safety.<\/p>\n<p>Curran said in an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/sean-curran-leading-secret-service\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">interview<\/a> with CBS News in February that he still has not fully processed that fateful day.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I felt like I couldn&rsquo;t let him out of my sight,&rdquo; Curran said.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Not to the point where I&rsquo;d be overworked, but to a point where I felt like I needed to be with him to ensure that things were done the way I needed them to be done,&rdquo; he continued.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I didn&rsquo;t want to leave his side. I think he probably didn&rsquo;t want me to leave his side, either.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Curran recently made headlines for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/moment-night-trump-makes-13-year-old-cancer-survivor-secret-service-agent\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">making<\/a> 13-year-old cancer patient Devarjaye &ldquo;DJ&rdquo; Daniel an honorary member of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/public-school-protects-student-reportedly-threatened-trump-locking-secret-service\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Secret Service<\/a> during Trump&rsquo;s speech to Congress last week.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\"> \t\t\t \t<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* Name<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* <\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<label>* Message<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t<textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; padding-bottom: 15px;\">* All fields are required.<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"submit\" value=\"Submit\" onclick=\"event.preventDefault(); firefly_sc();\"> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-sc-confirm\" style=\"display: none;\">Success!<\/div>\n<\/p><\/form>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> \t\t<script> \t\t\tfunction firefly_sc() { \t\t\t\tif( typeof window.captchaPublicKey==typeof undefined ){ \t\t\t\t\tconsole.error('window.captchaPublicKey is not defined'); \t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\tgrecaptcha.execute( window.captchaPublicKey, { action: 'submit_correction' } ).then( function( token ) { \t\t\t\t\tvar opts={ \t\t\t\t\t\taction:    'firefly_sc_submit', \t\t\t\t\t\tname:      document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"name\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\t:     document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tmessage:   document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"message\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tpost_id:   firefly_post_id, \t\t\t\t\t\tcap_token: token \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\tvar inputs=[ 'name', '', 'message' ];  \t\t\t\t\tfor( var i=0; i <inputs.length; i++ ) if( ! 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