Former national security adviser John Bolton claimed during an interview that the decision to revoke Secret Service protection is part of President Trump’s “retribution campaign” against his
President Joseph R. Biden Jr. had granted Bolton and another Trump national security adviser protection in 2021 after threats from Iran.
A former Secret Service agent said President Trump’s decision to terminate protection for former national security adviser John Bolton and former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo will put them at
John Bolton, President Donald Trump’s former national security adviser turned foe, was told that threats of Iranian retaliation against him remained active in the days before Inauguration Day. In a Thursday interview on CNN’s The Source with Kaitlan Collins,
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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.
The move is meant to please Trump voters, punish perceived enemies and represents “the most politically saturated security action since the Oppenheimer case in the 1950s.”
Bolton said that threat “remains today,” pointing to an Iranian plot to assassinate Trump before the 2024 election.
From declaring “emergencies” to pardoning the domestic terrorists who assaulted police in his name, they argue, the president is acting like an autocrat.
Hawkish foreign policy advisers from Trump’s first presidency have faced alleged assassination threats from Iran.
Upon his return to the White House, Trump yanked away his former national security advisor's security clearances and protections.