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2. Bolton concerned by lack of Secret Service protection
Tue Aug 26, 2025, 02:44 PM
Aug 2025

By David Brunnstrom

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -John Bolton, a former adviser to U.S. President Donald Trump who is now a persistent critic, said on Tuesday he was concerned about the withdrawal of his Secret Service protection and criticized raids on his home and office last week.

Bolton, speaking at an online event assessing Trump's summit on Monday with the South Korean leader, was asked if he felt safe in the current environment, where the administration was at odds with his beliefs, and said that he had been the target of an Iranian assassination attempt in the past.

"And on ... the inauguration day, President Trump withdrew my Secret Service protection," he said.

"So yeah, I feel ... concerned about that, more than anything else. But you know it's the environment we operate in, and you can either just be overwhelmed by it, or keep going. So I plan to keep going" ...

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/trump-critic-bolton-concerned-by-lack-of-secret-service-protection/ar-AA1LgmQe?ocid=BingNewsBrowse

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