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Republicans choke on defense of Trump's pardon of Jan. 6 rioters. Could it be shame?

Bolton departed the first Trump admin in 2019 and has continued to require Secret Service protection due to threats from Iran.

Trump took the action after the former officials said in 2020 that leaks from Hunter Biden laptop could be "a Russian information operation."

Trump's former national security adviser predicted on Sunday that the president-elect's second term will be "just as chaotic" as the first one.

Donald Trump began his presidency with a dizzying display of force, signing a blizzard of executive orders that signaled his desire to remake American institutions while also pardoning nearly all of his supporters who rioted at the U.

President Donald Trump signed an executive order Monday revoking the security clearance of 51 former intelligence officials who signed a 2020 letter arguing that emails from a laptop belonging to Hunter Biden carried “all the classic earmarks of a Russian information operation” and that of his former national security adviser John Bolton.

Like many who worked for Trump during his first presidential tenure, Bolton has been vocal about how tumultuous the work can be. But for those who will be navigating what he calls the “continuing turmoil” of advising Trump, Bolton has some straightforward recommendations.

The 51 former intelligence community officials claimed that a report about Hunter Biden's laptop had "the classic earmarks of a Russian information operation."

President Trump Monday signed an executive order revoking the security clearances of 50 former U.S. offic

Mr. Trump’s decision to intervene in even the most violent cases sends an unmistakable message about his plans for power these next four years: He intends — even more so than in his first term — to test the outer limits of what he can get away with.

Photo: Alamy President Donald Trump reportedly revoked former National Security Adviser John Bolton’s Secret Security protection on Tuesday, according to the former Trump official. Bolton shared the report in a post to his X account on Tuesday.