The Trump holdover dismissed the legality of his dismissal on Friday, while the White House claimed both cause and a Supreme Court ruling to support the move
Andrew Saul, testifying before the Senate Finance Committee during his 2018 confirmation hearing to be commissioner of the Social Security Administration. Photo: Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images President Biden fired Andrew Saul, the Trump-appointed commissioner of the Social Security Administration, on Friday after Saul refused a White House request that he resign.
The White House claimed in a statement that Saul had “undermined and politicized Social Security disability benefits, terminated the agency’s telework policy that was utilized by up to 25 percent of the agency’s workforce, not repaired SSA’s relationships with relevant Federal employee unions including in the context of COVID-19 workplace safety planning, reduced due process protections for benefits appeals hearings, and taken other actions that run contrary to the mission of the agency and the...
It’s possible that Saul’s attempt to stick around will lead to another SCOTUS ruling. The Trump holdover wasn’t the only one upset about Friday’s news, either. Some Congressional Republicans decried the move, as well, including Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, who claimed that Biden’s firing of the Senate-confirmed Saul “would be an unprecedented and dangerous politicization” of the SSA.
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