EXCLUSIVE and BREAKING: THE SECRET SERVICE HAS BEGUN TO CLEAN HOUSE:
Susan Crabtree
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.
As of this morning, Rowe hadn't packed up his office, as an official previously asked him to do, two sources tell RealClearPolitics. (It has been known since last week Thursday that Trump was planning to tap Curran -- Donald Trump Jr. tweeted his enthusiastic support on Friday morning.)
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.
This is incredibly important because previously, members of Congress, myself, other reporters believed the Trump campaign detail, headed by Curran, had been briefed about the threats Trump faced, while the Pittsburgh Field Office, which also was responsible for some of the failures in Butler, was kept in the dark. If the Trump detail and Pittsburgh Field Office had been informed, both may have upped their game and ensured better layers of scrutiny for the security plan and execution.
DEVELOPING...
http://x.com/susancrabtree/status/1882561906608898345?s=61
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