President Trump revoked Mike Pompeo’s Secret Service protection years after Iran threatened to assassinate him, a White House official confirmed to The Post. Pompeo — who served as Trump’s CIA director and secretary of state — had his security detail pulled on Tuesday,
New York Times reporter and former CIA Director John Brennan react to Trump stripping his former secretary of state, Mike Pompeo, of his security detail that was meant to be protecting him from possible Iranian threats.
U.S. President Donald Trump has revoked security protection for former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and former aide Brian Hook, both of whom served in his first administration, the New York Times reported on Thursday.
President Donald Trump has reportedly told people he doesn't want anyone who worked under Mike Pompeo during his first term in his second administration.
President Donald Trump has revoked government security protection for former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and his top aide, Brian Hook.
President Trump pulled security protection for former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and his top aide, Brian Hook, both of whom have faced threats from Iran amid their hard-line positions toward
The Diplomatic Security detail was pulled Wednesday for the two former Trump administration officials, three sources said.
President Trump revoked security protection for his former secretary of state, Mike Pompeo, and a former top aide, Brian Hook, despite warnings from the Biden administration that both men faced ongoing threats from Iran because of actions they took on Mr. Trump’s behalf, four people with knowledge of the matter said on Thursday.
The president also revoked the security detail of other former top officials who are reportedly facing threats from Iran.
Security was also pulled for former Iran envoy Brian Hook and, earlier, for former national security adviser John Bolton. Read more at straitstimes.com.
The Times said the protection of Trump’s former secretary of state Mike Pompeo and another top aide has been withdrawn despite warnings
Pompeo and Hook had been involved in America’s aggressive stance toward Iran during the first Trump administration, and Pompeo was reportedly a driving force behind convincing Trump to have Gen. Qasem Soleimani, the leader of the Revolutionary Guard Corps’ Quds Force, killed.