RNC Accuses Secret Service of Failing to Address Milwaukee Convention Security Concerns

Committee’s ‘grave concerns about the unacceptable risk to public safety remain unaddressed,’ RNC counsel Todd Steggerda wrote.

A Secret Service agent stationed outside the funeral of Ivana Trump in New York City, on July 20, 2022. Julia Nikhinson/AP Photo

The Republican National Committee (RNC) has accused the U.S. Secret Service (USSS) of failing to address security issues ahead of the party’s convention in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, this summer where planned protests are set to take place.

In a letter sent to Secret Service director Kimberly Cheatle on Thursday, RNC counsel Todd Steggerda raised concerns over what he said was a “rapidly deteriorating” security climate at the July convention.