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(NewsNation) — The U.S. Secret Service said Monday it's assured successful the information program for the Republican National Convention wherever erstwhile President Donald Trump is expected to judge the Republican Party's statesmanlike nomination.
"I americium assured successful the information program our Secret Service RNC coordinator and our partners person enactment successful place, which we person reviewed and strengthened successful the aftermath of Saturday’s shooting," Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle said successful a statement Monday.
It comes aft the FBI said Sunday that a 20-year-old gunman attempted to assassinate the erstwhile president astatine a run rally Saturday successful Butler, Pennsylvania. The gunman was changeable and killed seconds aft Trump was shot; helium acted unsocial and was not antecedently connected the FBI's radar.
The assassination attempt did not punctual immoderate changes to the Secret Service's security plan for the event, said Audrey Gibson-Cicchino, the agency's coordinator for the convention, astatine a property briefing Sunday.
“We are afloat prepared and person a broad information program successful spot and are acceptable to go,” she said.
Cheatle said her bureau is moving with each progressive federal, authorities and section instrumentality enforcement agencies to recognize what happened, however it happened and however they tin forestall an incidental similar the assassination effort from happening again.
"In summation to the further information enhancements we provided erstwhile President Trump's item successful June, we person besides implemented changes to his information item since Saturday to guarantee his continued extortion for the normal and the remainder of the campaign," she said successful the statement.
The FBI has not determined the motive down the shooting astatine the Trump rally, which besides resulted successful the decease of an attendee and superior wounded to 2 others.
Over 50,000 radical are expected to stitchery successful downtown Milwaukee for the commencement of the RNC this week.
NewsNation's Caitlyn Shelton, Sean Noone and Joe Khalil contributed to this report.
