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Biden fires Social Security Commissioner Andrew Saul By Sara Cook
July 9, 2021 / 8:48 PM / CBS News
President Biden fired Trump-era Social Security Commissioner Andrew Saul Friday morning, for undermining and politicizing Social Security benefits, according to a White House official.
The president asked for Saul s and Deputy Commissioner David Black s resignation, the official said. Black agreed to resign, but Saul refused, so he was notified that his employment was terminated.
The Biden administration deemed Saul s actions as commissioner as contrary to the Social Security Administration s mission and to Mr. Biden s agenda. Among other issues, the White House complained that Saul ended the SSA s telework policy, which was used by a quarter of its workers.
Biden Ousts Trump Holdovers from Social Security Administration
Removal of the agency’s leadership follows a Supreme Court decision finding that laws barring a president from firing political appointees without cause are unconstitutional.
The Biden administration on Friday fired Social Security Commissioner Andrew Saul and Deputy Commissioner David Black, following months of lobbying by advocacy groups and federal employee unions.
Kilolo Kijakazi, the agency’s deputy commissioner for the retirement and disability policy and a Biden appointee, will lead the agency on an acting basis. Kijakazi announced the ouster of Saul and Black, both holdovers from the Trump administration, in an email to Social Security employees Friday afternoon.
Who is Andrew Saul and why was he fired?
Updated: 21:37 ET, Jul 9 2021
PRESIDENT Joe Biden sacked the commissioner of Social Security after Andrew Saul refused to resign, the White House said on July 9, 2021.
In addition, Deputy Commissioner David Black agreed to resign.
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Who is Andrew Saul and why was he fired?
Andrew Saul served as the commissioner of Social Security until he was fired by President Joe Biden.
Biden had asked Saul to step down, and his employment was terminated after he refused the request, according to the White House.
Both Saul and Black had been put in place under President Donald Trump, a Republican. Trump was defeated by the Democrat Biden in the 2020 presidential election.
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