Pelosi ‘Subscribes’ to Cummings’ Analysis that Julia Pierson Should Resign

Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi says she subscribes to Rep. Elijah Cummings’ analysis that the director of the Secret Service, Julia Pierson, should resign.

“If Mr. Cummings thinks that she should go, I subscribe to his recommendation,” Pelosi, D-Calif., said during a news conference Wednesday at the Capitol.

“I agree with his analysis, yes,” she reiterated. “If that’s what he is suggesting, I support his suggestion. But if you follow up and say, ‘tell me why you think she should leave,’ I don’t have the knowledge that he has so I am subscribing to his superior judgment and knowledge on the subject.”

Pelosi also joins a number of lawmakers, including Cummings, D-Md., who are calling for an independent investigation of the Secret Service after numerous incidents jeopardized their trust in the agency to guard the president.

“In terms of the Secret Service and the protection of the president of the United States…there has to be an independent investigation as to what is going on at the Secret Service,” she said. “The protection of the president has to be precise, it has to be flawless and there has to be accountability when that is not the case.”

While she said she agrees with Cummings, Pelosi also said she believes the problems at the troubled agency “may be more than one person.”

“I’d like to see an investigation of the culture and the procedure and the accountability in the Secret Service, because while I have confidence in Mr. Cummings, complete confidence, I do think that the challenge may go beyond [Pierson], because some problems existed before she was there,” Pelosi said.

“Her leaving doesn’t end the need for us to know a lot more about what is happening. But again, I would accept the recommendation of [Cummings],” she added.

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