Matt Quinn announces departure from the Secret Service

Matt Quinn announced that he is leaving his . In a social media post, Quinn said he had informed agency personnel that he would be transitioning out of the role. The Daily Mail reported the announcement and described it as abrupt; headlines from The Hill, The Washington Times, Newsmax and Yahoo also reported Quinn’s departure, while UA.NEWS carried a headline saying he was to resign. The Daily Mail said the announcement came after scrutiny of Quinn’s remarks in a 60 Minutes interview on CBS News. It said the interview aired the previous Sunday. The excerpt of Quinn’s remarks in the Daily Mail is incomplete: it records him saying, “It’s not,” and then refers to his comments about the relative safety of 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. NewsNation’s headline separately says Quinn described the Secret Service as “well-positioned” in an exit email; the headline does not provide the surrounding wording or further detail. The Daily Mail connected the departure to a series of high-profile security lapses and an increase in threats against the commander-in-chief. It cited two incidents as context: the assassination attempt against then-presidential candidate Donald Trump in Butler, Pennsylvania, and a shooting incident at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner earlier this year. The outlet said the Butler attempt took place about two years before Quinn’s announcement and quoted then-Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle describing it as the agency’s “most significant operational failure in decades.”

The article also reported a figure for threat cases. It said Curran stated that the Secret Service had handled about 10,000 cases against its protectees since January, a 40 percent increase compared with the same period the previous year. The article does not provide additional detail about how those cases were counted or the specific threats involved. Newsmax’s headline likewise characterized threats against Trump as rising, but did not give a number. Quinn had returned to the Secret . The headlines identify ho might take over the position. Yahoo’s headline associated his departure with a drone controversy, without describing the controversy in the headline. The available account establishes Quinn’s announcement, the interview scrutiny and the figures attributed to Curran, but does not state a reason for Quinn’s decision or provide his fuller explanation. The next identifiable points are whether the agency names a successor and whether Quinn or the Secret Service provides further detail about his departure or the interview remarks.