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Trump took the action after the former officials said in 2020 that leaks from Hunter Biden laptop could be "a Russian information operation."
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 ridiculed the notion that President-elect Donald Trump will be a "normal president" in an interview with CNN anchor Kasie Hunt.
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.
President Trump Monday signed an executive order revoking the security clearances of 50 former U.S. offic
President Donald Trump pulled former adviser John Bolton's Secret Service protection. Bolton has been facing assassination threats since the U.S. killed Iranian commander Qasem Soleimani in 2020. In recent remarks,
President-elect Trump indicates he is not interested in hiring people who have worked with or are supported by "people suffering from Trump Derangement Syndrome."
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President Donald Trump revoked former National Security Advisor John Bolton's Secret Service protection after his inauguration as the 47th president on Monday, Bolton told Fox News Digital. "I am disappointed but not surprised that President Trump has decided to terminate the protection previously provided by the United States Secret Service,