Social Security Administration acting commissioner steps down
Trump administration officials confirmed to CBS News that Acting Social Security Commissioner Michelle King resigned from her role at the agency.
According to the official, the king was replaced by Leland Dudek, who oversees the SSA fraud investigation office, and then she resigned.
White House spokesman Harrison Fields Monday Write Information on the news on social media: “President Trump nominated the highly qualified and talented Frank Bisignano to lead the Social Security Agency and we hope to confirm him quickly in the coming weeks. Meanwhile, the agency will be led by an agency to serve as acting specialist for the professional social security anti-fraud experts.”
The White House does not provide a specific reason for the king to leave. CBS News has contacted SSA.
Nancy Altman, president of Social Security Engineering at Advocacy Group, told CBS News that what they heard from SSA employees is that officials from the government’s Department of Efficiency (or Doji) have been trying to access corporate data warehouses, which is a Centralized databases serve as the primary hub for individually sensitive information related to social security benefits, such as beneficiary records and income data. Altman was told King had been boycotting the doorman officials into the database.
“She was in the way of the obstacle and they moved her away,” Altman said.
The Washington Post first reported on the king’s departure.
The King’s withdrawal from the government is one of several departures by senior officials about potential illegal access to private taxpayer information by Doge employees.
Doge has Access to the fiscal payment system and attempt to access IRS Database.
Since Mr. Trump regained the White House, his billionaire advisers Elon Musk and Doge quickly penetrated into federal agencies.
“There is no way to exaggerate how serious the violation is. My understanding is that it has happened.”
“The information collected and securely held by the Social Security Agency is very sensitive,” she said. “The SSA has data on everyone who has a Social Security number, i.e., almost all Americans, everyone who owns Medicare, and every application Social Security Funding Testing Partner Program for Low-income Americans, Supplementing Safe Income.”
“If there is an evil intention to punish the perceived enemy, you can delete your income record, thus preventing you from getting the Social Security and Medicare benefits you receive,” she said.
The future of social security has become a major political issue and is the main point of contention in the 2024 election. about 72.5 million People including retirees, disabled people and children receive social security benefits.
