Donald Trump fired Randolph Alles, director of secret services

President Donald Trump instructed his chief of staff, Mick Mulvaney, to dismiss the United States chief of intelligence, informed the US press Monday, with information indicating that it was a renunciation.

Randolph AllesA retired naval general, appointed to his post two years ago, was dismissed the day after the resignation of Homeland Security Department Director Kirstjen Nielsen, under pressure on Sunday night. The Secret Service is a ministerial unit led by Nielsen..

The official declaration of the White House did not explain the reasons for the decision and indicated that James M. Murray, a career member of the secret service, will take office from May.

The sources of the agency AP, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said that the departure is due to personality conflicts with the agency.

The change comes as rumors of a purge in the direction of the Department of Homeland Security, which was until Sunday led by Nielsen and relies on the Secret Service, in charge of the US President's security and security. his relatives, depends on the security services.

Trump tweeted on Sunday that Kevin McAleenan, the current commissioner of the US Customs and Border Protection, would succeed Nielsen as Secretary of Homeland Security.

"This was not based on any particular event"said the official, adding that Alles had been informed that President Trump was preparing to change the structure of the Department of Homeland Security.

The secret service has been criticized following the case of Yujing Zhang, a woman who, in early April, managed to break into Trump's private club in Florida, Mar-a-Lago. Zhang, sentenced to five years imprisonment and fined $ 350,000, managed to get into a first control of the club with two Chinese pbadports, four cell phones, a disc hard, a laptop and a device with a malicious computer program ("malware"), according to a lawsuit.

In April 2017, Trump had chosen Alles to lead the secret service. He was the first director for at least 100 years not to be part of the agency before baduming his duties., according to New York Times. Previously, he worked at the Customs and Border Protection Office, directing the air and sea operations of this organization. He is a 35-year-old veteran of the Navy.