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Dwight D. Eisenhower was the first president to fall under the act upon leaving office. The original act provided for lifetime Secret Service protection for former presidents. In 1994, protection was reduced to ten years after leaving office for presidents inaugurated after January 1, 1997.
Former administration members usually are not granted Secret Service details after they leave office. But former President Joe Biden granted Pompeo, Hook and former national security adviser John ...
The Secret Service is tasked with ensuring the safety of the president of the United States, the vice president of the United States, the president-elect of the United States, the vice president-elect of the United States, and their immediate families; former presidents, their spouses and their children under the age of 16; those in the presidential line of succession, major presidential and ...
It wasn't until 1901, after President William McKinley was assassinated, that Congress asked the Secret Service — originally a Treasury Department division that went after counterfeiters — to ...
On January 22, 2025, President Donald Trump appointed Curran to become the next director of the United States Secret Service.In a statement explaining his decision, Trump highlighted Curran's bravery, writing, "He proved his fearless courage when he risked his own life to help save mine from an assassin's bullet in Butler, Pennsylvania."
A Secret Service officer stands in front of the Darby Community Center during President Joe Biden's visit there to promote a stimulus bill on March 16, 2021.
On his first day in office, President Trump not only revoked the security clearance of his former National Security Adviser John Bolton, but also his U.S. Secret Service protection.
Ronald Rowe Jr., acting director of the US Secret Service, speaks to journalists at the agency’s headquarters in Washington, DC, on September 20, 2024.