On Friday, Biden fired Andrew Saul, a Trump holdover leading @SocialSecurity. Saul claimed he would attempt to come to work on Monday anyway. But today, a White House official told me: "The government has taken steps to offboard Andrew Saul as we would any other former employee."
Here is a White House official's full statement on Andrew Saul's refusal to accept his removal from @SocialSecurity. 
The White House official also pointed me toward the Office of Legal Counsel's memo clearing the way for Saul's termination, which rests on the Supreme Court's recent decisions stripping removal protections from the heads of the CFPB and FHFA. justice.gov/olc/file/14107…
Saul's removal is yet another consequence of conservative groups' attempts to abolish independent agencies by judicial fiat. The Supreme Court chose instead to simply sever removal protections, letting Biden fire a bunch of partisan Trump holdovers. slate.com/news-and-polit…
If Biden had not fired Andrew Saul, Saul would've remained in control of @SocialSecurity until January 19, 2025. Biden would've spent *his entire term* fighting a Trump-nominated Social Security commissioner who was hellbent on destroying Social Security.
Fired Trump holdover Andrew Saul told the @washingtonpost he refuses to accept his removal and insists that he is still the Social Security commissioner, even though he has lost access to his work computers and already been replaced. washingtonpost.com/politics/biden…
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