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[–] 18 points 1 year ago (5 children)

Has a previous president ever done this in the history of the United States since the inception of the Secret Service?

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  • [–] 15 points 1 year ago*

    Trump had ended Secret Service protection for John Bolton in his first term after he fell out with him. In Bolton's case, that's quite significant, due to Iran.

    https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c78d7x08j7eo

    The US is offering a $20m (£15m) reward for information leading to the arrest of an Iranian man accused of plotting to assassinate Donald Trump's former National Security Advisor John Bolton.

    Shahram Poursafi, a member of Iran's Islamic Revolution Guard Corps (IRGC), is accused of trying to hire criminals in the US to kill Mr Bolton, a vocal Iran critic, in exchange for $300,000.

    Biden had reinstated Bolton's Secret Service protection when Biden was in office. As soon as Trump got back in, he cut it off again.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago (2 children)