The Secret Service said Sunday it is not planning any major changes to security at the Republican National Convention and will not expand the guarded perimeter around the venue.
Audrey Gibson-Cicchino, the service’s coordinator for the RNC, said they’ve planned for the national event for 18 months and have adequate resources.
“We are confident in the security plans that are in place for this event, and we are ready to go,” she said at a briefing on the day after an attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump at a rally in Pennsylvania.
The FBI said Thomas Matthew Crooks, 20, of Bethel Park, Pennsylvania, opened fire on Mr. Trump at a Saturday rally in Butler County, Pennsylvania, from the roof of a building less than 150 yards from the event stage while Mr. Trump was speaking.
A 50-year-old, Corey Comperatore, died and two other rally-goers were critically injured, the Secret Service said. The gunman was quickly shot and killed by Secret Service agents.
Michael Hensle, the special agent in charge of the Milwaukee Field Office, said there are no specific known threats to the GOP convention or its attendees.
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The Secret Service referred questions about security lapses at the rally in Pennsylvania to its main office.
Earlier Sunday, Attorney General Merrick Garland said he directed federal assets in the region to bring “every available resource to bear” on the investigation.
“I want to reiterate that the violence that we saw yesterday is an attack on our democracy itself,” Mr. Garland said. “The Justice Department has no tolerance for such violence. And as Americans, we must have no tolerance for it. This must stop.”
Mr. Trump, writing on Truth Social, said he considered delaying his arrival in Milwaukee but decided “that I cannot allow a ’shooter,’ or potential assassin, to force change to scheduling, or anything else.”
Mr. Trump’s ear was grazed and bloodied in the shooting. He departed for the Wisconsin city at 3:30 p.m. Sunday.
• Tom Howell Jr. can be reached at thowell@washingtontimes.com.
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