Thursday 7 July 2022 10:54 PM Secret Service is stepping down, heading to trends now

Thursday 7 July 2022 10:54 PM Secret Service is stepping down, heading to trends now
Thursday 7 July 2022 10:54 PM Secret Service is stepping down, heading to Snapchat trends now

Thursday 7 July 2022 10:54 PM Secret Service is stepping down, heading to Snapchat trends now

Biden confirms the head of the Secret Service - who has been in charge since 2019 and served during Trump and the COVID pandemic - is stepping down: Set to be leaving White House for a job at Snapchat The White House confirmed Thursday that Secret Service Director Jim Murray was retiring, after 27 years at the service   Murray is heading to the popular app Snapchat, where he'll be chief security officer, a spokesman for the company confirmed to DailyMail.com  'Jim embodies the meaning of service over self, and protected the families of U.S. Presidents like they were part of his own,' the president and first lady said  A Secret Service spokesman said Murray delayed moving on 'so he could not be a distraction' during NATO, the G7 and the Summit of the Americas 

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Secret Service Director Jim Murray is retiring from the service and heading to the popular app Snapchat, where he'll serve as chief security officer, DailyMail.com confirmed.  

'Jim embodies the meaning of service over self, and protected the families of U.S. Presidents like they were part of his own,' said a statement Thursday from the president and first lady. 'We are incredibly grateful for his service to our country and our family.'

The Secret Service's Chief of Communications Anthony Guglielmi told DailyMail.com that Murray delayed his retirement from the service by several months. 

'He had the opportunity back in April but chose the end of July so he could not be a distraction from the president's NATO summit, the Summit of the Americas out in Los Angeles and the G7 summit that President Biden just returned from,' Guglielmi said. 

'He also wanted to present the Secret Service's budget to Congress so he chose July 30,' the spokesperson added. 

Murray started as head of the agency in 2019 and worked through the White House COVID pandemic that saw Donald Trump get infected - and him riding in a limo with agents outside

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