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,

The Trump administration removed former national security adviser John Bolton's Secret Service protection. The decision was made in the past 24 hours, sources said.

President Donald Trump has terminated Secret Service protection for his former national security adviser John Bolton, Bolton said Tuesday.

John Bolton, the president’s former national security adviser from his first term, had his security clearance revoked as one of Trump’s first moves in the White House. Bolton, who wrote the memoir The Room Where It Happened,

Bolton departed the first Trump admin in 2019 and has continued to require Secret Service protection due to threats from Iran.

As Nicolás Maduro is inaugurated for a controversial third term, Bolton urges the incoming administration to isolate the strongman on the world stage.

President Joseph R. Biden Jr. had granted Bolton and another Trump national security adviser protection in 2021 after threats from Iran.

Bolton said that threat “remains today,” pointing to an Iranian plot to assassinate Trump before the 2024 election.

Some Republican senators are still hesitant about supporting Gabbard over past statements about Russia and a trip to Syria

The New York Times reported Thursday Trump’s former secretary of state, Mike Pompeo, and a former top aide, Brian Hook, had their protection revoked. The report acknowledges the men face threats from Iran “because of actions they took on Mr. Trump’s behalf,” citing four people with knowledge.

Removing security clearances is petty and personal. But it is the president’s decision to make, and in a week of wacky and unexpected executive orders, it is one of the easier to defend.