WASHINGTON — U.S. Secret Service Director Randolph “Tex” Alles has been pushed out of the Trump administration, amid a burgeoning shake-up in the upper echelon of the Department of Homeland Security.
White House press secretary Sarah Sanders said Monday that President Donald Trump had selected career Secret Service official James Murray to lead the agency, saying he will assume the role next month. She added Alles will be “leaving shortly,” though the agency later said he would leave in May.
Alles’ departure stems from a personality conflict within the agency, three officials said, speaking on the condition of anonymity to discuss the personnel matter. The officials said it was unrelated to the resignation of Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen and a recent security breach at the president’s private club in Florida.
Alles, a former Marine general who had no prior ties to the Secret Service, was recommended to the post by former White House chief of staff John Kelly. He had been the acting deputy commissioner of Customs and Border Protection.
