Trump plans to ‘drain the swamp’ may not include Secret Service pick

Published March 8, 2017 5:01am ET



The departure of the Secret Service director Joseph Clancy over the weekend is giving President Trump a chance to name a new one dedicated to overhauling the agency charged with protecting him and his family during a particularly rancorous period in politics.

Despite Trump’s pledges to shake up Washington with his team of outsiders, many agents and officers alike who spoke to the Washington Examiner are deeply concerned that the director candidates under consideration are part of the insular Secret Service community.

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