The acting head of the Social Security Administration reportedly quit her job over the weekend after butting heads with DOGE over access to sensitive government records.
—
TheactingheadoftheSocialSecurityAdministration(SSA)quitherjobovertheweekendafterbuttingheadswiththeElonMusk-ledDepartmentofGovernmentEfficiency(DOGE),overeffortstoaccesscertainsensitivegovernmentrecords,accordingtoreports.
TheWashingtonPostreportedthatthreepeoplefamiliarwithMichelleKing’sdeparturesaidonMondaythatshesteppeddownfromherpositionafterthedisagreement.
InresponsetoKing’sdeparture,PresidentDonaldTrumpreportedlyappointedLelandDudektoleadtheagencyasthepresident’snomineetoserveascommissioneroftheSSA,FrankBisignano,isvettedbyfederallawmakers.
PrincipalDeputyPressSecretaryattheWhiteHouse,HarrisonFields,saidtheyexpectBisignanotobe“swiftlyconfirmedinthecomingweeks.”
ELONMUSKSAYSMILLIONSINSOCIALSECURITYDATABASEAREBETWEENAGESOF100AND159
“Inthemeantime,theagencywillbeledbyacareerSocialSecurityanti-fraudexpertasthea
