The former national security advisor has faced threats from Iran going back years, including an alleged assassination plot.
WASHINGTON — President Trump yanked his former national security adviser John Bolton’s Secret Service protective detail Tuesday — one day after canceling Bolton’s security clearance citing a 2020 tell-all book.
Upon his return to the White House, Trump yanked away his former national security advisor's security clearances and protections.
President Joseph R. Biden Jr. had granted Bolton and another Trump national security adviser protection in 2021 after threats from Iran.
President Trump’s former national security adviser John Bolton said the president ended his Secret Service protection shortly after his return to the White House this week. “I am
U.S. President Donald Trump stripped Secret Service protection on Tuesday from his former national security adviser, John Bolton, who became the target of an alleged Iranian murder plot after he served in the White House.
Fmr NSA John Bolton griped about "signal of weakness" were Pres. Trump not to respond if Iran killed him after having security revoked.
Trump revoked Bolton’s protection the day after being sworn in for his second, nonconsecutive term as president. Bolton had been facing assassination threats after the U.S. killed Iranian commander Qasem Soleimani in 2020.
He ends security protection for the first-term advisers Iran has marked for death.
Trump halts Secret Service protection for former national security adviser John Bolton despite ongoing assassination threats.
The American people can judge for themselves which President made the right call," the onetime national security adviser said.
"I am disappointed but not surprised that President Trump has decided to terminate the protection previously provided by the United States Secret Service," John Bolton said.