Assassination target says Trump 'knew exactly what he was doing' by ending security detail

Former Trump official John Bolton isn't buying the explanation from president Donald Trump for the decision to end Secret Service protection for him and other former administration officials who have become critics. Trump halted security details for his former national security adviser, along with former secretary of state Mike Pompeo and his aide Brian Hook, who have all been targeted by alleged assassination plots by by Iranian nationals, but the newly inaugurated president said they were no longer entitled to costly Secret Service details. If the threat diminishes, if the threat level remains high – look, it's up to the president, but getting, in my case, getting Secret Service protection is not a perk. "I think they follow the media in Tehran," Bolton said, "and when they see that Mike Pompeo and myself no longer have coverage, given that it's just a few ago now that the federal officials arrested a Pakistani national working for the Iranians, trying to hire assassins to kill president Trump – this is a very real ongoing threat.