President Donald Trump not only stripped one-time national security adviser John Bolton of his security clearance -- he also stripped him of a Secret Service detail that had been guarding him.
CNN reports that Trump removed the security detail guarding Bolton within hours of taking office.
"“I am disappointed but not surprised that President Trump has made this decision,” Bolton told CNN. “Notwithstanding my criticisms of President Biden’s national-security policies, he nonetheless made the decision to once again extend Secret Service protection to me in 2021.”
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The former Trump official added that he has been under serious threat of assassination by agents working for the Iranian government.
"The Justice Department filed criminal charges against an Iranian Revolutionary Guard official in 2022 for attempting to hire a hit man to target me," said Bolton. "That threat remains today, as also demonstrated by the recent arrest of someone trying to arrange for President Trump’s own assassination. The American people can judge for themselves which President made the right call.”
