President Trump and cabinet members targeted by Iran's Revolutionary Guard

Former President Trump and several members of his administration were targeted for assassination by Iran's Revolutionary Guard Corps - which paid $300,000 to a cartel hitman to kill U.S. National Security Advisor John Bolton, and offered one million dollars to kill Trump's Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, in retaliation for the targeting killing of Iranian Major General Qasem Soleimani.

In The Hill, reporter Brad Dress said the U.S. Department of State reportedly spent more than $131 million on protection service detail between August 2021 and February 2022 on protection for Pompeo and former Iran envoy Brian Hook. The two were receiving 24-hour security as of March.

Bolton told CNN his Secret Service detail was pulled the day he resigned from the Trump administration in 2019, but that President Biden restored his protection amid concerns about threats on his life.

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