John Bolton, President Trump’s former national security adviser, says Mr. Trump pulled his security detail out of vengeance. Now, he worries that Kash Patel could help a retribution campaign if confirmed to head the FBI.
The former national security advisor has faced threats from Iran going back years, including an alleged assassination plot.
Dr. Anthony Fauci is the latest ex-aide to lose government protection, reflecting Trump's early moves against perceived adversaries.
President Joseph R. Biden Jr. had granted Bolton and another Trump national security adviser protection in 2021 after threats from Iran.
Within hours of taking office, President Donald Trump terminated the Secret Service detail that was assigned to his former national security adviser John Bolton, Bolton confirmed to CNN on Tuesday.
President Donald Trump has terminated Secret Service protection for his former national security adviser John Bolton, Bolton said Tuesday.
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.
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.
It’s not just criminal prosecutions that worry those who have crossed President Donald Trump. There are more prosaic kinds of retaliation: having difficulty renewing passports, getting audited by the IRS and losing federal pensions.
Ahead of Donald Trump's inauguration on Monday, the president-elect's former national security adviser John Bolton made predictions about what a second Trump term will look like. Bolton served as ...
Two senior Republican senators urged President Donald Trump to rethink his decision to strip personal security from some former Trump administration officials, one of whom was the target of an alleged Iranian plot.
Bolton said he was “disappointed but not surprised” that Trump had decided to terminate the protection. Ambassador John Bolton mimics photos of President Donald Trump holding a Bible. John Bolton “Notwithstanding my criticisms of President Biden's ...