On the tail of the resignation of Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen and the withdrawal of the nomination of would-be ICE director Ronald Vitiello, CNN first reported Monday that Secret Service Director Randolph “Tex” Alles was being removed from his position, according to “multiple” unnamed administration officials. NBC News later confirmed that Alles is leaving his position. CNN reported that President Donald Trump instructed acting White House chief of staff Mick Mulvaney to fire Alles. CNN also reported that there could be additional high-level removals at DHS in what one unnamed source described as a “purge.” Per the report, DHS General Counsel John Mitnick and U.S. Citizienship and Immigration Services Director Francis Cissna “are expected to be gone soon.” CNN added that the White House could remove additional officials at the department as well.
On the tail of the resignation of Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen and the withdrawal of the nomination of would-be ICE director Ronald Vitiello, CNN first reported Monday that Secret Service Director Randolph “Tex” Alles was being removed from his position, according to “multiple” unnamed administration officials.
NBC News later confirmed that Alles is leaving his position. CNN reported that President Donald Trump instructed acting White House chief of staff Mick Mulvaney to fire Alles.
CNN also reported that there could be additional high-level removals at DHS in what one unnamed source described as a “purge.”
Per the report, DHS General Counsel John Mitnick and U.S. Citizienship and Immigration Services Director Francis Cissna “are expected to be gone soon.” CNN added that the White House could remove additional officials at the department as well.
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Probably has something to do with this
Video: This is bonkers. @CNN's @ShimonPro updating on what was found in the hotel of the Chinese woman who just wanted to use the pool or whatever at Mar-A-Lago -> Over $7,500 in $100 bills, nine USB drives, five sim cards, and a signal detector used to find hidden cameras pic.twitter.com/Rz6yuevcyRâ Curtis Houck (@CurtisHouck) April 8, 2019
Video: This is bonkers. @CNN's @ShimonPro updating on what was found in the hotel of the Chinese woman who just wanted to use the pool or whatever at Mar-A-Lago -> Over $7,500 in $100 bills, nine USB drives, five sim cards, and a signal detector used to find hidden cameras pic.twitter.com/Rz6yuevcyR
"Secret Service officials have been caught by surprise with the news and are only finding out through CNN, according to the source.â https://t.co/mOqHOhBPnUâ Asawin Suebsaeng (@swin24) April 8, 2019
"Secret Service officials have been caught by surprise with the news and are only finding out through CNN, according to the source.â https://t.co/mOqHOhBPnU
Grain of salt since this is The Daily Mail, but it sounds like something that Trump would do
2 weeks ago, Trump's longtime friend Ron Kessler, author of several WH security books, wrote in his newest book that USSS Director Alles "should be replaced" because Alles questioned spending on Ivanka Trump's security detail. https://t.co/tfNXdlY8hMâ Christina Wilkie (@christinawilkie) April 8, 2019
2 weeks ago, Trump's longtime friend Ron Kessler, author of several WH security books, wrote in his newest book that USSS Director Alles "should be replaced" because Alles questioned spending on Ivanka Trump's security detail. https://t.co/tfNXdlY8hM
SARAH SANDERS: USSS Director Randolph Alles "will be leaving shortly and President Trump has selected James M. Murray, a career member of the USSS, to take over as director beginning in May." pic.twitter.com/X5908S0NGDâ Saagar Enjeti (@esaagar) April 8, 2019
SARAH SANDERS: USSS Director Randolph Alles "will be leaving shortly and President Trump has selected James M. Murray, a career member of the USSS, to take over as director beginning in May." pic.twitter.com/X5908S0NGD
Well, that didn’t take long. That’s a new wrinkle.
This would seem to track with the Daily Mail report
Multiple senior administration officials tell CNN that POTUS told chief of staff Mick Mulvaney to fire US Secret Service director Randolph âÂÂTexâ Alles, a conversation that took place a week before last. Alles remains in the position as of now but has been asked to leave.â Jake Tapper (@jaketapper) April 8, 2019
Multiple senior administration officials tell CNN that POTUS told chief of staff Mick Mulvaney to fire US Secret Service director Randolph âÂÂTexâ Alles, a conversation that took place a week before last. Alles remains in the position as of now but has been asked to leave.