IRS Commissioner Danny Werfel Resigns
IRS Commissioner Danny Werfel says he plans to resign with nearly three years left in his term on Donald Trump’s Inauguration Day next week. Trump last month announced his plan to replace Werfel with Billy Long, a former Republican congressman. However, in a move that seems to avoid that confrontation, Biden-elect Werfel will step down himself. JUST IN: IRS Commissioner Danny Werfel resigns. — Watcher.Guru (@WatcherGuru) January 17, 2025 Wefel was selected for the commissioner position at the IRS by President Biden in March 2023. Biden picked Werfel to implement the agency’s $80 billion expansion and transformation. However, with Trump set to take office, that project remains incomplete and is now in the hands of a new Republican administration. “I had to recognize that the incoming team wanted to go in a new direction,” Werfel said in a WSJ interview. He added that he worried about the complications of remaining in office while the Senate considers Trump-choice Billy Long’...