President Biden fired the head of the Social Security Administration.
Andrew Saul during his nomination hearing to head the Social Security Administration in 2018.Credit.J. Scott Applewhite/Associated Press
July 9, 2021
President Biden on Friday fired the man President Donald J. Trump appointed to lead the Social Security Administration, triggering a legal showdown over who rightfully holds the position.
Mr. Biden asked on Friday morning for the resignation of Andrew Saul, the Social Security commissioner, and David Black as deputy commissioner. Mr. Black resigned as requested but Mr. Saul refused to relinquish his position and was notified by the administration that he had been fired. He has vowed to fight Mr. Biden’s move as illegal.
In his first act as chair of the Senate Finance subcommittee that oversees the Social Security Administration, Brown called for immediate replacement of Social Security Commissioner Andrew Saul and Deputy Commissioner David Black.