WASHINGTON (AP) — The director of the Secret Service is retiring, for a second time.
Director Joseph Clancy came out of retirement more than two years ago to take over the embattled agency amid a series of embarrassing scandals and security missteps.
Clancy took over on an interim basis in late 2014 and was appointed director by President Barack Obama in early 2015. The agency announced his retirement in a tweet Tuesday.
His departure means that President Donald Trump will now be able to pick the person he wants to lead the agency tasked with protecting him and his family among others.
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Isn’t’ this position traditionally promoted from within? I know that it doesn’t have to be, but I thought that is very nearly always is someone already inside the Secret Service who rises to the top because of their very unique mission.
Working under the assumption that Trump will do the worst possible thing, my money’s on his personal bodyguard/head of security being named to the post. The guy who interfered with SS agents at that campaign event.
Beat me to it. But then there is the issue of Trump wanting a bodyguard who isn’t on the government payroll, hmmm. What a conundrum.