No Ewoks!
Posted on 01/23/2025 1:26:45 PM PST by ChicagoConservative27
President Donald Trump revoked Mike Pompeo’s taxpayer funded security detail, four people with knowledge of the matter told the New York Times’ Maggie Haberman.
Only former presidents and their spouses are automatically granted ongoing protection, according to the Secret Service.
Pompeo, who served as Trump’s former CIA director and secretary of state, will likely have to pay his own tab to fend off what Haberman called “ongoing threats.”
Trump also saved the taxpayers money by revoking security from former national security adviser John Bolton and former Pompeo aide Brian Hook.
Haberman reported on Trump’s change in policy:
Mr. Pompeo and Mr. Hook had their security details, which were believed to be provided by the State Department, pulled on Tuesday, one of the people briefed on the matter said. A day before, Mr. Trump pulled the U.S. Secret Service detail of John R. Bolton, who was Mr. Trump’s third national security adviser and also faces threats.
Other than former presidents and their spouses, senior U.S. officials are not automatically granted ongoing protection. But the threat assessments from the intelligence community that the risk level remained for Mr. Pompeo, Mr. Hook and Mr. Bolton had been the basis for the Biden administration granting it to them.
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Mr. Trump has told people he does not want anyone working for him who worked under Mr. Pompeo in his first term. He removed Mr. Hook as a presidential appointee to the Wilson Center for Scholars via a social media post days ago.
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Saving $$$ daily.
With DOGE they had to know that was coming. No big surprise.
Remember when the corrupt US government tried to reduce Trump’s security and not allow RFK Jr. to get any?
They made sure to beef up Jill’s cupcake lawn party detail, though——during Butler.
This stabs the swampers in the heart. They are not worried about threats. They love the entourage driving them around, and looking important when they go somewhere. That is the coin of the realm for them.
No Ewoks!
When did Pompeo fall out of grace?
Not sure I understand this - Pompeo is not a good guy, but there are credible reports that he’s been targeted for assassination by Iranian agencies. We can’t allow former US government officials to be targeted for murder by foreign intelligence agencies. Pull Pompeo’s security clearances, sure - but I think he should keep the SS protection for now.
AND John Boltons.
funny, i just chatted a buddy of mine asking what did Pompeo do wrong since i remember he was one of DJT’s more loyal people during DJT 1.0
he says that he was double-secret deep state and that he tried to get Assange taken out
Thats what I’m wondering. I thought him and Trump were tight.
I’m convinced he was a big “leaker” in Trumps cabinet.
They all felt safe betraying President Trump and screwing him over because they counted on the democrats lawfare driving him into bankruptcy or actually whacking him.
They never expected him to emerge safely from the smoke and ashes to reclaim the presidency and use his presidential power to exact justice.
The process is the punishment. If he needs security, he can write his own checks. That equates to a fine. That’s how you dodge things like pardons and deep state associations.
Never ever forget the legal fees they forced out of Trump.
AND HIS FAMILY. Every deposition was a hired lawyer.
After Pompeo and the rest write checks for security, various things will be found to charge his children with.
The process is the punishment.
“Only former presidents and their spouses are automatically granted ongoing protection, according to the Secret Service.” Then when is President Trump going to pull Herr Fauci’s protection?
More:
https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4292138/posts
https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4292124/posts
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I understood Fauci had a security detail too. Was the paid for by us? If yes, has that been cancelled?
::When did Pompeo fall out of grace?::
If you get an answer to that, please post it to me. I have never been able to figure it out. Pompeo is no doubt smarter than any other person ever to serve in a cabinet post...If someone names someone who is more brilliant than he is, you can tell me that too! I won’t tell!!!
We’re going to be waiting a long time for the truth - not rumor. All I know is someone here at FR jumped on the band wagon against Pompeo and the rest fell in line like good lemmings.
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