U.S. Secret Service Director Randolph ‘Tex’ Alles is stepping down from his post, officials said Monday, in the latest shake-up at the Department of Homeland Security following outgoing Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen’s resignation. Alles was told that he should be prepared to leave his post as head of the Secret Service as part of that transition. KIRSTJEN NIELSEN MAKES FIRST PUBLIC COMMENTS AFTER RESIGNATION AS DHS BOSSShe said that Trump has picked career Secret Service member James M. Murray to take over the agency in May. A law enforcement official told Fox News that, inside the agency, the news of Alles' departure came as a surprise. Administration sources tell Fox News that the withdrawal of Vitiello's nomination was the first step in Trump's plan to control the border crisis.

Source: Fox News April 08, 2019 17:44 UTC