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Republican officials said the Secret Service had agreed to move a Milwaukee park to the area, but the firm said no final resolution had been reached.
By Jonathan Weisman
The U. S. Secret Service, after weeks of tension from Republican officials, agreed to ban protesters from a Milwaukee park near the Republican National Convention if they were near the shouts of delegates and other conference attendees, conference officials said Thursday.
The Secret Service disputed this statement, saying that no final resolution had been reached, but in the war of words between the Republican National Committee and the service, the R. N. C. appeared to claim victory in its fight to isolate Père Marquette Park from protesters.
“We commend the leaders of the Secret Service for adding Pere Marquette Park to the security perimeter,” said Danielle Alvarez, senior campaign adviser to former President Donald J. He said leaders are “imploring local officials to expedite the permit application” and “Choose another location for the First Amendment area. “
Todd R. Steggerda, a lawyer for the Republican National Committee, raised the specter of a “growing and unsustainable threat of violence” last month when he demanded that Secret Service Director Kimberly A. Cheatle, interfered to move the so-called First Amendment Area. .
The service responded that, thanks to its decades of experience, its agents would be responsible for ensuring the protection of conference attendees, even if protesters were allowed to gather in Pere Marquette Park, on the banks of the Milwaukee River, about 400 meters from the Arena that will host the conference.
On Thursday, Republican said the park had been incorporated into the security zone surrounding the Fiserve Forum, where the convention’s main activities would take place.
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