US Secret Service Director Says No ‘Credible’ Threats Against DNC, RNC

‘We have to make sure that we are assessing the risk for both of those,’ director Kim Cheatle says.

A secret service agent is stationed outside the funeral of Ivana Trump in New York on July 20, 2022. Julia Nikhinson, File/AP Photo

The director of the U.S. Secret Service said that there is nothing credible to suggest there is a direct threat against either the Republican or Democratic national conventions in the coming weeks.

Secret Service Director Kim Cheatle told ABC News on Sunday that “there’s nothing specific and nothing credible out there right now” as her agency prepares to protect both conventions. The Republican National Convention (RNC) will be held starting July 15 in Milwaukee, and the Democratic National Convention (DNC) will take place in Chicago starting Aug. 19.