Secret Service leadership detailed the "massive increase" in threats against the presidency and agents in the past year during a special joint interview with CBS' "60 Minutes" on Sunday.
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"It's like we've never seen before," Secret Service Director Sean Curran told host Norah O'Donnell.
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Curran, along with Deputy Director Matt Quinn, were questioned as to what they believed caused the rise in threats.
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Curran suggested that the growth of the internet was a factor, but O'Donnell wondered if President Donald Trump also drove the threats.
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Is that in some way leading to the increase in these threats?" O'Donnell asked.
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We're here to protect who we're sworn to protect," Curran answered.
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"Look, I would say there's people on both sides of the aisle that either love or hate any president.
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I think the biggest factor we're dealing with today is mental health issues for sure.
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And more people are being pushed over the edge in either direction," Quinn added.
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You know, social media changes people," Curran said.
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The men also did not clarify whether more threats came from left-wing or right-wing sources, explaining that they do not "weigh" threats in that way, citing concerns from both the Jan. 6 Capitol riots and the assassination attempts against Trump.
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Curran, who was the lead agent protecting Trump during the first assassination attempt against him in 2024, emphasized the importance of preparation.
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O'Donnell later connected this idea to the reports of Trump's Air Force One plane switch in August.
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"Look, that's not the first time we've done that.
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We wish that wasn't reported, 'cause that takes some of our tactics away from being able to do something similar again.
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Certainly wasn't the first time where we did something like that," Curran said, though he clarified that he did not say whether they had ever used a decoy plane prior to this incident.
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Quinn also defended the procedure which left agents behind in a decoy plane.
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"When you're operating in any protective detail with the President of the United States, for any president, the priority is the president.
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Everyone else, staff, agents, media, personnel involved are not the priority, including our own personnel.
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As hard as that may be for some to understand, the mission is to protect the President of the United States," Quinn said.
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Fox News Digital reached out to the White House for comment.
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This interview came as the Secret Service faces ongoing scrutiny after three officials were placed on leave in August.
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Protection for the president has also come under scrutiny as the FBI hesitates to release documents pertaining to the investigation of the assassination attempt on Trump at a rally in Butler, Pennsylvania.
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Judicial Watch President Thomas Fitton, whose organization sued the Department of Justice for documents related to the event, criticized the slow process.
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"They are telling us that, at current processing rates, the process will take 12 years.
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Under the FBI's timeline, we won't even be able to challenge what they withheld until 12 years from now.
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That is obviously unacceptable, and I would like to know what leadership at the FBI and DOJ think about that position," Fitton told Fox News Digital.
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