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.
President Donald Trump signed an executive order Monday revoking the security clearance of 51 former intelligence officials who signed a 2020 letter arguing that emails from a laptop belonging to Hunter Biden carried “all the classic earmarks of a Russian information operation” and that of his former national security adviser John Bolton.
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,
Within hours of taking office, President Donald Trump terminated the Secret Service detail that was assigned to his former national security adviser John Bolton, Bolton confirmed to CNN on Tuesday.
President Donald Trump says his administration will move to suspend the security clearances of the more than four dozen former intelligence officials who signed a 2020 letter saying that the Hunter Biden laptop saga bore the hallmarks of a “Russian information operation.
Bolton said that threat “remains today,” pointing to an Iranian plot to assassinate Trump before the 2024 election.
Bolton departed the first Trump admin in 2019 and has continued to require Secret Service protection due to threats from Iran.
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On his first day in office, President Trump not only revoked the security clearance of his former National Security Adviser John ... Joe Biden. In a statement to USA TODAY, Bolton said he was ...
President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Monday night revoking the security clearances of 51 former intelligence officials who falsely claimed emails from Hunter Biden’s laptop were ...
"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.
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is pulling security protections and clearance for Gen. Mark Milley, retired Joint Chiefs of Staff chairman, and has ordered the Pentagon’s inspector general to review Milley’s actions while serving as the nation’s top uniformed officer to determine if a demotion is warranted.