President Donald Trump pulled former adviser John Bolton's Secret Service protection. Bolton has been facing assassination threats since the U.S. killed Iranian commander Qasem Soleimani in 2020. In recent remarks,
The Trump administration removed former national security adviser John Bolton's Secret Service protection. The decision was made in the past 24 hours, sources said.
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Bolton departed the first Trump admin in 2019 and has continued to require Secret Service protection due to threats from Iran.
Trump's former national security adviser predicted on Sunday that the president-elect's second term will be "just as chaotic" as the first one.
President’s outspoken former adviser loses his Secret Service protection within hours of Trump returning to office
President Joseph R. Biden Jr. had granted Bolton and another Trump national security adviser protection in 2021 after threats from Iran.
Bolton said that threat “remains today,” pointing to an Iranian plot to assassinate Trump before the 2024 election.
Upon his return to the White House, Trump yanked away his former national security advisor's security clearances and protections.
The American people can judge for themselves which President made the right call," the onetime national security adviser said.
Ex-CIA head John Brennan discussed President Donald Trump removing his security clearance for his involvement in the Hunter Biden laptop letter on MSNBC.