Trump strips security detail from former adviser Bolton

I thought he was a very dumb person, but I used him well because every time people saw me come into a meeting with John Bolton standing behind me, they thought that he'd attack them because he was a warmonger,

the president told a reporter who asked about the decision to strip Bolton’s security detail

I don’t know what the intelligence looks like,

Urban said Tuesday on CNN

We’re not going to have security on people for the rest of their lives,

the president said, per The New York Times

Because I think that was enough time."

Trump was asked by reporters on Tuesday, January 21, why he decided to strip Bolton of his security clearance, to which the president reportedly replied

I am disappointed but not surprised that President Trump has decided to terminate the protection previously provided by the United States Secret Service,

Bolton said in a statement provided to Fox News Digital on Tuesday

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,

Bolton continued in his statement

I informed John Bolton last night that his services are no longer needed at the White House,

Trump tweeted in 2019.

I don’t think he’s fit for office,

Bolton said in 2020.

There's nothing in this that shows me, regardless of presidential authority, that this action is not subject to existing law and policy that mandates procedural and substantive due process,

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