Secret Service Director James Murray is retiring from the agency at the end of this month for a top security job with Snapchat’s parent company.
“We’re thrilled to welcome Jim Murray to Snap and look forward to him joining our team on August 1st,” a Snap, Inc. spokesperson said in an email to the New York Post.
The Secret Service announced Murray’s retirement in a statement on Thursday.
“Director Murray has served as the agency’s chief executive since May 1, 2019,” the statement said. “As Director, Murray contributed significantly to the agency’s continued professionalization and growth, and helped the agency navigate the unique challenges presented by the historic COVID-19 pandemic, throughout which the agency continued executing its integrated mission of providing protection to senior elected leaders and investigating crimes targeting our financial infrastructure.”
“Since the Spring of 2019, Director Murray successfully guided the agency through eight National Special Security Events and nearly 20,000 international and domestic protective operations,” the statement added. “During that time, the agency also recovered approximately $4.2B in fraud loss and prevented an estimated $8.1B in additional losses at the hands of criminal enterprise.”
President Biden and first lady Jill Biden additionally released a statement responding to Murray’s retirement.
“Director Jim Murray has led a long and distinguished career in federal and military service for three decades, including the last three years as Director of the United States Secret Service. Jim embodies the meaning of service over self, and protected the families of U.S. Presidents like they were part of his own. We are incredibly grateful for his service to our country and our family,” they said.
