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Trump Replacing Secret Service Director After Mar-A-Lago Breach

Director of the US Secret Service Randolph Alles speaks at the Justice Department last year. President Trump announced on Monday that Alles will be replaced.
Director of the US Secret Service Randolph Alles speaks at the Justice Department last year. President Trump announced on Monday that Alles will be replaced.

Secret Service Director Randolph "Tex" Alles is leaving his job, according to the White House.

In a statement, White House Press Secretary Sarah Sanders said Alles "has done a great job at the agency" and would be stepping down shortly to be replaced by James M. Murray, a career Secret Service member, who will start in May.

Alles took over the post in April 2017, coming over from Customs and Border Protection, another agency within DHS. He is a retired Marine Corps general.

His ouster comes after a Chinese woman carrying a thumb drive infected with malware talked her way into Mar-a-Lago, the president's club in Palm Beach, Fla., while the president was nearby. She was stopped only after telling a reception desk attendant she was at the club to attend a nonexistent function.

It was not immediately clear whether Alles' departure is connected to that incident. After it happened, Trump defended the service's actions, saying: "I could not be happier with Secret Service. Secret Service has done a fantastic job from day one. Very happy with them."

The departure of Alles follows the resignation of Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen, and Trump's decision to withdraw Ronald Vitiello, his nominee to head Immigration and Customs Enforcement, in favor of someone "tougher." The administrator of FEMA, another DHS agency, is also without a permanent director.
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