Washington – Secret Service Director Julia Pierson has resigned amid security lapses at the White House.
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Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson said Wednesday that Pierson offered her resignation, and he accepted it.
The move came one day after her appearance before the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee in a congressional hearing focused on recent security lapses at the White House.
Pierson had worked at the Secret Service for 30 years.
Continued incompetence in our administration. When will the Obama lovers finally throw in the towel and admit he is not as good as his gift of speech.
Ms. Pierson was toast! She was very defensive, before Congress yesterday. In addition to her, some of her incompetent assistants, must be forced out. It should be noted that after 9/11/01, there was practically no accountability as to which governmental agency was at fault. Heads should have rolled then; in any event, they will certainly roll now. The taxpayers should demand better accountability from the feds. Incidentally, the problem with the U.S. Secret Service has existed long before Obama came into office. For example, when George W. Bush was President, an attempted assassination against him took place in Moldova, in 2008, when someone threw a grenade at him, landing ten feet away. Fortunately, it didn’t explode. However, the Secret Service did not screen the crowd at that time for weapons!