Later, alligator: Shamed Secret Service director Julia Pierson resigns

What took her so long?

.@Stevenportnoy: BREAKING: @ABC has learned Julia Pierson is resigning as Director of the Secret Service.

— Arlette Saenz (@ArletteSaenz) October 1, 2014

.@PressSec says Pierson offered resignation believing it was in best interests of the Secret Service. DHS Johnson accepted. POTUS agreed.

— Mark Knoller (@markknoller) October 1, 2014

https://twitter.com/JTSTheHill/status/517393218867306499

Editor’s note: This post has been updated with additional tweets.

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