Top Social Security official resigns after sparring with DOGE over access to data

Published February 18, 2025 10:25am ET



The acting commissioner of the Social Security Administration stepped down after Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency requested access to Social Security recipient information.

Acting Commissioner Michelle King, who spent several decades at the agency, resigned over the weekend, according to a Washington Post report. The agency has grown as a target of Musk, who claimed over the weekend that there’s fraud from improper payments to dead people. 

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