Trump Fires Head Of Secret Service – By Hank Berrien (Dailywire) / April 8 2019
President Donald Trump fired Secret Service Director Randolph Alles on Monday, according to ABC News, which reported that a law enforcement official stated Alles was informed of the decision roughly two weeks ago. CNBC added, “Alles ‘will be leaving shortly,’ White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders says, adding that President Donald Trump ‘has selected James M. Murray, a career member of the USSS, to take over as director beginning in May.'”
The officials also intimated that the decision to fire Alles, who reported directly to the head of the Department of Homeland Security, was part of the ongoing change of personnel at that department, and was not related to the alleged intrusion that occurred last weekend at Trump’s resort Mar-a-Lago. Another official reported that two more officials will leave their jobs imminently, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services Director Francis Cissna and John Mitnick of the Office of the General Counsel.
On March 30, a Chinese woman named Yujing Zhang, 32, who reportedly possessed four cellphones, a laptop, a hard drive and a thumb drive, which contained “malicious malware,” passed security checkpoints at the resort and reached the main reception, then was arrested at Mar-a-Lago resort. According to The Washington Post, the criminal complaint filed by Secret Service agent Samuel Ivanovich stated, “Zhang was asked if the true member . . . was her father, but she did not give a definitive answer. Zhang additionally did not give a definitive answer when asked if she was there to meet with anyone. Due to a potential language barrier issue, Mar-a-Lago believed her to be the relative of member Zhang and allowed her access onto the property.”
Newsweek reported that the Secret Service issued a statement following the incident that read:
The Secret Service does not determine who is invited or welcome at Mar-a-Lago; this is the responsibility of the host entity. The Mar-a-Lago club management determines which members and guests are granted access to the property. This access does not afford an individual proximity to the President or other Secret Service protectees. While the Secret Service does not determine who is permitted to enter the club, our agents and officers conduct physical screenings to ensure no prohibited items are allowed onto the property.”
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