President Donald Trump has removed John Bolton’s Secret Service protection after stripping him of his security clearance on day one.
Bolton, a neoconservative war hawk, was granted Secret Service protection by Joe Biden in 2021.
The disgraced former national security advisor, fired by Trump in 2019, whined about losing the protection in a post on X.
I am disappointed but not surprised that President Trump has decided to terminate the protection previously provided by the United States Secret Service. Notwithstanding my criticisms of President Biden’s national-security policies, he nonetheless made the decision to extend…
— John Bolton (@AmbJohnBolton) January 21, 2025
Bolton wrote:
I am disappointed but not surprised that President Trump has decided to terminate the protection previously provided by the United States Secret Service. Notwithstanding my criticisms of President Biden’s national-security policies, he nonetheless made the decision to extend that protection to me in 2021. The Justice Department filed criminal charges against an Iranian Revolutionary Guard official in 2022 for attempting to hire a hit man to target me. 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.
In 2022, an Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) member was charged over a plot to assassinate Bolton.
After being fired, Bolton became a darling of the liberal media — seemingly never passing on an opportunity to bash President Trump.
Trump revoked Bolton’s security clearance in an executive order on his first day in office.
The order read, “Former National Security Advisor John R. Bolton published a memoir for monetary gain after he was terminated from his White House position in 2019. The book was rife with sensitive information drawn from his time in government. The memoir’s reckless treatment of sensitive information undermined the ability of future presidents to request and obtain candid advice on matters of national security from their staff. Publication also created a grave risk that classified material was publicly exposed.”
“To remedy these abuses of the public trust, this Order directs the revocation of any active or current security clearances held by: (i) the former intelligence officials who engaged in misleading and inappropriate political coordination with the 2020 Biden presidential campaign; and (ii) John R. Bolton.”
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