He ends security protection for the first-term advisers Iran has marked for death.

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt on Tuesday doubled down on President Trump’s decision to strip ex-national security advisor John Bolton and former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo of their security details.

A top Republican Senate ally says that President Donald Trump should rethink his decision to remove security details from three former senior national security officials, saying their protection is not just for them but also the public.

President Donald Trump’s decision to terminate security protection for former administration officials turned critics John Bolton, Brian Hook and Mike Pompeo is one early decision that he “would be wise to reverse,

The move comes days after Trump signed an executive order revoking clearance for 49 different former intelligence officials.

A former Secret Service agent said President Trump’s decision to terminate protection for former national security adviser John Bolton and former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo will put them at

such as former National Security Adviser John Bolton, former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, and his top aide Brian Hook. These decisions come despite persistent threats linked to their roles in ...

Bolton, who frequently stakes out hawkish views about Iran, has had a 24/7 security detail from the Secret Service since December 2021. The Justice Department has said that during that time a member of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard attempted to hire a hitman in the United States to take him out.

President Donald Trump has revoked government security protection for former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and his top aide, Brian Hook ... protection from John Bolton, who was fired as Trump ...

John Bolton, a longtime Iran hawk who was Mr ... along with his former Iran envoy Brian Hook. Two sources told the Associated Press that “Pompeo and Hook were told of the loss of protection ...

With actions big and small, Trump has spent his first days in office pushing the levers of government – and his unique powers as commander in chief – to target his perceived political enemies both inside and outside the government.

Former national security adviser John Bolton claimed during an interview that the decision to revoke Secret Service protection is part of President Trump’s “retribution campaign” against his