Secret Service chief blames media after resignation

Outgoing Secret Service Director Julia Pierson tendered her resignation Wednesday, the inevitable conclusion to her agency’s major security failings and just one day after her brutal grilling before the House Oversight committee.

Pierson, the first woman to head the Secret Service, said in an interview with Bloomberg News on Wednesday that her resignation best serves the White House and the first family, adding later that pressure from the media forced her to vacate her post just 18 months after being appointed by President Obama.