‘No active direct threats’ to inauguration events: USSS

There are “no active direct threats” to the presidential inauguration ceremony on Monday, the lead coordinator for the United States Secret Service told ABC News.

Matt McCool, head of the Secret Service’s Washington field office, told ABC News that if there were any potential threats, they would be mitigated by the agency’s extensive security plan.

“It is still safe, as before,” McCool said in a brief interview Sunday morning, referring to the decision over the weekend to move the swearing-in indoors due to weather concerns.

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