Mike Pompeo, Brian Hook and John Bolton all played a role in the Trump-sanctioned drone strike that killed Iranian general Qassim Suleimani in 2020 — which made them subject to ongoing threats
The former national security advisor has faced threats from Iran going back years, including an alleged assassination plot.
President Joseph R. Biden Jr. had granted Bolton and another Trump national security adviser protection in 2021 after threats from Iran.
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.
Like many who worked for Trump during his first presidential tenure, Bolton has been vocal about how tumultuous the work can be. But for those who will be navigating what he calls the “continuing turmoil” of advising Trump, Bolton has some straightforward recommendations.
For the many people considered enemies by President Donald Trump, his return to the White House has sparked anxiety about how much power he has to upend their lives.
The 51 former intelligence community officials claimed that a report about Hunter Biden's laptop had "the classic earmarks of a Russian information operation."
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.
WASHINGTON — Former Trump White House national security adviser John Bolton said Tuesday that he has lost his Secret Service protective detail — one day after the 47th president canceled his security clearance, citing a 2020 tell-all book.
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 Iranian murder plot after he served in the White House.