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.
Bolton departed the first Trump admin in 2019 and has continued to require Secret Service protection due to threats from Iran.
The 51 former intelligence community officials claimed that a report about Hunter Biden's laptop had "the classic earmarks of a Russian information operation."
President Trump issued 46 executive orders on his first day in office targeting national security issues, including the removal of any security clearances held by 51 former intelligence officials linked to election interference in the 2020 presidential campaign.
"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.
Trump dismantles Boltons security detail amid first-day political firings Trumps first actions as president focus on political retribution and reshaping the White House team
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.
WASHINGTON: Former President Donald Trump has signed an executive order to revoke the security clearances of more than 50 ex-intelligence officials who had cast doubt on the Hunter Biden laptop contro
The letter's signatories include - former US Director of National Intelligence James Clapper, Former CIA Director Michael Hayden, former US National Security Advisor, John Bolton, former CIA Director John Brennan. According to the statement, two signatories, Patty Patricia A Brandmaeir and Brett Davis, are deceased.
Bolton said that threat “remains today,” pointing to an Iranian plot to assassinate Trump before the 2024 election.
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.