Andrew Saul, who was appointed by the former president as the head of the Social Security Administration (SSA) Donald Trump In 2017, he refused to leave after being fired by the president Joe Biden on Friday.
Saul was fired after refusing to resign as SSA commissioner. David Black, another deputy commissioner appointed by Trump, accepted the request and resigned on Friday. However, Saul insisted that he could not be fired by Biden. tell Washington post He considers himself a “term-protected social security commissioner” and will not leave after the “Friday Night Massacre”.
“This is the first time I or my deputy knows that this will happen,” Saul told the paper in reference to a White House email he received on Friday morning. “This is a lightning that no one expected. Now it puts the institution in a state of complete chaos.”
Although he refuses to leave, if Saul is no longer officially employed in SSA, he may not have legal rights in SSA, and if he returns to his previous workplace next week to resume work, he may be hacked illegally.
Biden dismissed Biden after expressing an opinion at the Department of Justice that the firing of Saul was legally permitted. The White House said this decision was supported by the Department of Justice’s recent decision. Supreme Court.
The President has appointed Kilolo Kijakaz as the acting SSA commissioner until a permanent replacement is found.
This is a developing story and will be updated as more information becomes available.
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