President Donald Trump says his administration will move to suspend the security clearances of the more than four dozen former intelligence officials who signed a 2020 letter saying that the Hunter Biden laptop saga bore the hallmarks of a “Russian information operation.
The letters signatories include - former US Director of National Intelligence James Clapper, Former CIA Director Michael Hayden, former US National Security Advisor, John Bolton, former CIA Director John Brennan.
President Trump issued 46 executive orders on his first day in office targeting national security issues, including the removal of any security clearances held by 51 former intelligence officials linked to election interference in the 2020 presidential campaign.
Trump dismantles Boltons security detail amid first-day political firings Trumps first actions as president focus on political retribution and reshaping the White House team
WASHINGTON: Former President Donald Trump has signed an executive order to revoke the security clearances of more than 50 ex-intelligence officials who had cast doubt on the Hunter Biden laptop contro
Bolton said that threat “remains today,” pointing to an Iranian plot to assassinate Trump before the 2024 election.
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.
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.
The former national security advisor has faced threats from Iran going back years, including an alleged assassination plot.
President Joseph R. Biden Jr. had granted Bolton and another Trump national security adviser protection in 2021 after threats from Iran.