President Biden asked Andrew Saul, a Trump appointee, to resign as Social Security Commissioner, a White House official said. Saul refused and was subsequently notified his employment as commissioner was terminated immediately.
New York businessman Andrew Saul testifies before the Senate Finance Committee during his confirmation hearing to be commissioner of the Social Security Administration in the Dirksen Senate Office Building on Capitol Hill Oct. 2, 2018.President Joe Biden on Friday fired Social Security Commissioner Andrew Saul after he refused a request to resign, a White House official told NBC News.
Biden also asked for the resignation of David Black, the agency’s deputy commissioner, who did resign, the official said. Biden has appointed Kilolo Kijakazi, the agency's deputy commissioner for retirement and disability policy, as acting commissioner. Saul, however, told The Post in an interview on Friday that he questions the legality of the White House decision to fire him. His term was supposed to last until January 2025. The White House told the paper that a recent U.S. Supreme Court decision gave the power to replace him.
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