John Bolton, a longtime Iran hawk who was Mr. Trump’s national security adviser in 2018 and 2019, said the Secret Service called him on Inauguration Day evening to give him the news. In the ...

4 days ago · Trump ended protective security details for his former national security adviser John Bolton, former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and his onetime deputy, Brian Hook. The security protections had been regularly extended by the Biden administration over credible threats to …

Jan 21, 2025 · Trump ends John Bolton’s security detail ... Brian Hook, his former special envoy to Iran who was leading State’s transition team. Trump has frequently criticized two others: Mark Esper, his ...

Jan 23, 2025 · This week, Trump also ended Secret Service protection for his former national security adviser John Bolton, who has also faced assassination threats from Iran due to his hawkish stance toward the ...

Jan 23, 2025 · WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump has revoked government security protection for former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and his top aide, Brian Hook, who have faced threats from Iran since they took hard-line stances on the Islamic Republic during Trump’s first administration.. A congressional staffer and a person familiar with the matter, speaking on the condition of anonymity to ...

5 days ago · “The president has put Ambassador Bolton and Pompeo at significant risk,” former Secret Service agent John Wackrow told CNN’s Anderson Cooper on Thursday. But a newly emboldened Trump surely ...

Jan 23, 2025 · Unlike former national security adviser John Bolton, Pompeo and Hook had been loyal to Trump and were not public critics of him. Hook has even done work on the transition between the two ...

Jan 23, 2025 · Mike Pompeo, Brian Hook and John Bolton all played a role in the Trump-sanctioned drone strike that killed Iranian general Qassim Suleimani in 2020 — which made them subject to ongoing threats

6 days ago · The president decided this week to end Secret Service protection for former national security adviser John Bolton, former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and former Iran envoy Brian Hook, the...

Jan 23, 2025 · United States President Donald Trump has cancelled security protections for Mike Pompeo, Brian Hook and John Bolton, hawkish foreign policy advisers who served during his first term in office. The ...